I do not believe Ricoh decided
yet if they should launch a "FF" DSLR
or not. IMHO it's much more likely than with cost-cutting Hoya, but still - it's not a given. And even if they'll do it (I hope so), it will still take time (IMO even Photokina is too early), it won't match the speed of the 1D X, it will cost more than a penny and so on
There's reason to be optimistic, but too much excitement can result in disappointment.
"the company plans on expanding its Advanced Amateur and Professional product lines" - yep, they surely do. Good luck, Pentax/Ricoh! You'll have my support (yeah, there are still some items on my shopping list
).
L.E. Thanks, Adam - nice work!
With one thing I disagree with, that such a camera should have "framerate higher than that of the K-5". That's faster than the D3x
- and I'd rather like a whisper-quiet camera, than a machine gun.