Leica almost died a couple of times.
I'll bet Pentax still makes money for Ricoh on every unit sold. In fact
the imaging division may be the only profit center making a profit.
There is also a lot of synergy in their current, and past digital camera
lines. I expect the the next K1 iteration will have the focusing module
that's in the K-3III and the new processing engine with very little
difference in programming, but a faster bus, to make the frame rate a
bit more competitive.
If there is a follow on to the 645z, and I think there probably will be
since most of the R&D was done for the K-3III, the new bus, processor
and AF modules will all be rolled into that model, with only minimal
changes to firmware, and almost no changes to the actual hardware beyond
flex boards and chips.
It would be nice to see a few new lenses for the 645 line but when I was
working for an actual working pro, he only had two normal lenses, a wide
and portrait telephoto for his brace of Bronicas.
On 7/16/2021 1:03 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Yes, but no company has the snob appeal of Leica!
Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 12:54 PM Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 8:48 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola, <[email protected]
wrote:
It sounds like Ricoh is designing wonderful niche lenses that few need
and
fewer can afford.
That's what being a niche player is all about. It worked for Leica for
decades.
bill
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