Originally posted by jatrax Release? or Announcement?
The announcement happened last February
The release (as in actual ability to purchase) is unlikely before May or June of 2016 and likely later.
So, no I seriously doubt the FF will have any impact whatsoever on the k-3 series. In fact we might see a new APS-C body before we see the FF. And to be honest I think the FF is aimed at a different market and will not have much impact on APS-C bodies anyway. It's not like there is any real difference in Nikon APS-C bodies price because they have a FF camera in the line.
No, I don't think so. An announcement actually includes details about what will be released...
What we got last February was a "notice of impending announcement." And I use the term "impending" extremely loosely.
If Ricoh were stalling, this would be the way to do it. A "notice of impending announcement, followed 6 moths later by an "announcement" including details and then a release 6 months after that. They gain a year to spool up and Pentaxians gain a year to save their spondulaks.