Originally posted by calculator01 You nailed it there. I've been holding off on a couple Ltd's and a DA* for a year now. I'm not sure on Ricoh and would like to know which track this train is on before I dump 3k on lenses.
For me, so much is riding on what camera is coming in the next few months.
Normally I am in the UK this time of year getting images and video that I use for the rest of the year. My "inventory" as it is.
This year I am waiting or have been waiting (and it's making me CRAZY too.)
If a new Pentax APS-C comes along ala the D7100, then I will pick up two, and get a late fall/early winter trip up and running to the UK or Europe.
Then sometime next year, probably pick up the DA560mm or Sigma and stay with Pentax as my main and only system.
If Ricoh messes up, then I will take the time until next spring to get a D800 kit up and running and move in that direction and move more resources to ramp up that capability - which will cost me a tremendous amount of money since EVERYTHING I use now is part of the Pentax system - film and digital.
I will always keep my Pentax gear, but I will stop making it my primary kit, and it will be relegated to a different status.