Originally posted by Clavius Yes, it's very easy to just wait and see how everything pans out. Especially if the gear you currently have is still performing perfectly well. If it ever pans out, because it seems like there's no end to the new developments.
I have been pretty patient since I have been using multiple bodies, but I sold my Canon 5D and I have promised to sell my Contax 645 in December to someone, so I'm getting a little more serious about picking a new system. The K-3 is a great camera, its the lenses that are currently the weakest link for my needs. I think its going to take years for Ricoh to modernize the lens line up.
We had a nifty 50 photowalk this weekend. I was shooting my 50mm Sigma F/1.4. There was an X-T1 with a 56mm F/1.2. A guy with a Canon 5DIII and the new Sigma 50mm Art, and a someone brought out their Nikon Df with a 58mm F/1.4. There was also a Nikon shooter with a crop body (don't remember which) and the Nikon 50mm F/1.8G and a Canon 7D shooter with a 50L. Its a little OOC JPEG A3+ print contest. All the pictures are different because we are all shooting at the same time and choosing our own subjects on the walk, but since we are all walking together we have pretty similar subject matter and lighting. We e-mail our best shot to a friend who works at the local pro-shop and he printed them and met us for drinks with the prints after he got off work. He's the only one who knows who sent in what image, and we can't vote for our own shot.
My expectations were for the Fuji 56mm or the Sigma 50mm Art lens would produce the best overall images. I keep hoping the Sigma Art will be released for K-mount, but its not looking good. Sigma seems to be cutting back on K-mount support. The Nikon 58mm F/1.4 doesn't get good reviews from people who shoot test charts, but it won hands down for IQ. Because of the price and test reviews I had never given the lens much consideration. I don't know how much of it was the 16MP Df sensor, but the colors were great. The bokeh was excellent and it was way sharper than I expected given the reviews. The Sigma 50mm Art was second, the Fuji 56mm was 3rd...... The images from the other 50mm lenses didn't get any votes. The Canon 50mmL was probably the worst performer of the group.
The IQ of some of the newer glass is very impressive. Ricoh has a lot of work to do.
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Originally posted by Cynog Ap Brychan Then again... this is a PENTAX forum. I don't come here to find out what other brands are up to. I know where to go for that
Since Ricoh isn't actually doing anything it hard to talk about Pentax, but by looking at companies that are on the cutting edge of technology you can get an idea of what to expect from Ricoh in 5 or 6 years.