Originally posted by RonHendriks1966 I do see people looking at my comments as negative, but for me they are very realistic. I won a botte of wine on a bet that Pentax wouldn't bring a fullframe this year (at photokina) and you can think of that being a negative attitude.......But for me that was a realistic one. I had enough contact with reps of Ricoh Imaging to make my mind up that they have (from my perspective) no clue of what they are doing. So I withdraw my personal investment, since I don't want to hang that investment up on people I don't see doing their job adequate. Having the break has a few things. No money to earne in it, even in our national news site there are some free images now and for myself I have enough images.
Well, I just observed that when I stared with Pentax I bought the camera in a camera store, I did not have any Pentax mount lens, I tried the camera, I looked at the features, and I compared to other camera bodies in the same shop, I purchased the camera and I was impressed by the results. But then, year after year I saw that Pentax slowly disappeared from shops, so I continued to by online. 3 years ago here in Austria, the shops were still having a few Pentax gear in a corner of their shop, then there was only the second hand Pentax gear over there, and now there is not Pentax gear at all. I can see that Pentax engineer are trying to innovate on features that cost nothing and still may bring benefits to users (IBIS, OAA simulator, Pixel shift), technically, that's smart. Look at Canon and Nikon, their cameras are actually fairly basic and bigger DSLR body than Pentax recent DSLR bodies, but Canon and Nikon have a size such that they offer better customer service, representation in most if not all camera shops, they are filling all the gaps in terms of lenses and APSC and FF bodies.
Now, what to do? I'm not sure. I sold what I did not use. Now I have what I need in APSC, which has a usage value. Regarding full frame, Pentax are not clear, I can't measure the risk to buy more K mount product and then being screw-up in case Pentax would not survive. I also realized that camera bodies lose value fairly fast, and lenses have longer life time. So, I'd be ready to spend more on the lenses and spend less on the body, and that's exactly what Nikon are offering with their entry level FF. I guess Pentax are going to deliver a great FF camera at a premium price, but I prefer to invest in good glass and have less mega pixels, because 20 or 20Mpixels on FF is plenty sharp for printing. What I learned from APSC is that I spent more than I should by buying cheaper lenses first, so since I know what I want, I'll buy a complete system in one shot (lenses and body). With Pentax I cannot currently select a FF system set because they are going to release one product at a time. If I look at Nikon or Canon I can built the setup that I want in one shot (no need to wait three year to add a new lens). So, now, I wait and see until I want to buy a FF system, if at that time Pentax does not have a full system to select from, I won't buy a Pentax.