Originally posted by monochrome Of course they
can. Anybody
can. They just haven't.
If the rumors are correct they've made 100,000 K-1's by now and they'll make another 150000 before the run ends. How many of those people will buy:
- 150~450 - 10,000?
- 70~200 - 10,000?
- 50/1.4 - 5000?
- 85/1.4 - 2500?
- 24/xx - 2500?
You have a catch 22. There are a lot of people who think the K-1 is an awesome camera, but wont buy into they system because the see a lack of modern glass. Ricoh needs to fill out their lens line up to help drive K-1 sales and gain market share. Glass sells bodies and builds systems. The faster they get their core lenses (24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm) on the market the better off they are assuming they can do it without lowering the quality. These lenses should have been on the original development plan when they began the FF development 5+ years ago. Did they just start work on them 2 years ago? If there had been a couple of 645 lenses launched in the past 2 years I could understand why they are running behind, but one D-FA* lens has been produced in the last 2 years. Its and awesome lens, but Ricoh needs to double the size of its R&D department if one lens every 2 years is all they are capable of.
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Originally posted by sibyrnes I hate to be one of the whiners here but I am really getting fed up with the wide angle prime situation. Maybe the best "field" camera(K1) made but no wide angle prime? What could be more ridiculous - oh, how about another 50mm?
I know. IF they had the right glass, they would sell a lot more cameras.