Went to a Camera Show in Laval, Québec, Canada this weekend, and talked to the Ricoh rep there...
He told me that they portponed it to make it better than the pre-prod version.
he told me the last news he had about the availablilty of this lens was end of November 2015... anyways, I just pre-ordered my copy (there was a reasonnable deal for the show, which was below B&H price, but in CAD$
),
my local reseller was able to honor the same price too... so I ordered it from my local store!
I also tested the HD 560mm f5.6.. Wow! I want one ! So light and Sharp!
sorry for the quality of the pics, taken with my phone...