lensroar, thanks for the translation. Your contribution is much appreciated.
Originally posted by monochrome
What a firestorm it would cause if Ricoh bought the Konica-Minolta camera patents and factories from Sony (Konica-Minolta still owns the name and other optical patents and products), let Sony keep the brand name and remarketed the A7r and Nex cameras as Ricoh-branded.
Instant FF. Instant Ricoh brand SLR form factor. Instant distribution arrangements for Pentax brand cameras. Instant market share increase.
Instant "Most Members online at PF" record day.
They will still be Sony. I'm afraid I'm a Pentaxian, and don't get this sudden Sony-mania.
But maybe Hasselblad will do it. A "Nebular" or whatever, for only 10 times the price of its Sony counterpart...
Originally posted by monochrome
A distress buyer never has a detailed strategy at the time of acquisition - there hasn't been time to perform due diligence. That's part of the reason the price was so low - it reflected uncertainty. Having determined the condition Pentax was in, Ricoh created and is actively carrying out its detailed strategy for Pentax.
Trouble is, we don't see most of the steps they're taking because at this time they're not product oriented and secondly, we might not like their detailed strategy for Pentax, and the time horizon over which they intend to carry it out.
They probably saw an opportunity - to use Pentax technologies in non-consumer areas, and to raise their own camera division from a money losing hobby to a serious business. I agree, no way they could possibly have a detailed strategy from the beginning.
For now, we can only glimpse some very general details about their plans - Factory Automation might be what made Pentax worth buying; K-3, the 560mm, the new flashes means they're serious about the camera business too, but they're not attempting
suicide to match Sony's furious launches. They're going forward at a steady pace, which right now doesn't seems particularly fast.
The next year will be more revealing, I'm sure of it.
Originally posted by liviuperisan
K5IIs is better than K3 + NO FF in the near future = Fuji X or Sony A7r.
The K-3 is one of the products which should make a "full frame" possible; FF cannot exist without APS-C. Pentax cannot exist without APS-C.
Your "equation" is a bit inconsistent, by the way; Fuji X is crop, so what do you really want?