Originally posted by normhead Pentax is the goat, because Pentax is the sleeping Giant, sitting on a pile of patents, sitting on years of APS-c, FF and MF know how. Pentax is the goat, because Pentax is the only serious threat to the big 2. Once Pentax releases the FF, they'll be the only full service supplier in the industry.. Everything from the Q to MF
IIR all the words C, Jim Malcolm told me Ricoh believes there is room in the market for a third full-range camera brand, it will be Pentax
over the intermediate term, and the long-term goal is to be number 1.
He told me there will be a Full Frame camera, but to please be patient - there are many things to do first before that is possible. He told me Ricoh is committed to K-mount, Q and 645; that K-mount is the reputation, Q is the growth and 645 is the character. He said that Pentax will be an alternative, not a competitor, to the big 2 brands. He said Ricoh is twice the size of Nikon and half the size of Canon, [ED: not some tiny company in a decrepit office building in suburban Tokyo].
I heard these things with my ears and saw his lips moving with my eyes, live, real-time. Not some YouTube video.
There were half a dozen other PentaxForums members present who will verify every word of what I just wrote.
In a way it is like the Christian church. It is a mystery and one cannot really know the truth. At a point one has to exercise one's free will and make a choice.
One has to choose to believe, and wait; or to be a secular pragmatist and get the hell out. There's really no reason to be here otherwise.
I choose to believe, and I'm waiting.
Last edited by monochrome; 09-23-2014 at 01:07 PM.