[kenspo]

Hehe, nr 5 was some sort of information

About price..That is not solid, mostly guessing..On the taxes..Cause all they said to me was 2000 euro.

Thank you, i will continue be here

[LilithBaerchen]

Hehe, nr 5 was some sort of information

Do we have to count the chars of the line again? Or the position of the smilie in the post-editor?

Thank you, i will continue be here

Nice, thx!

[kenspo]

Hehe, i have no clue what that was..

[Gimbal]

About price..That is not solid, mostly guessing..On the taxes..Cause all they said to me was 2000 euro.

With other words, price is still unknown. It will be somewhere between 2000-2500€.
If it is 2k€ I will most probably be an early adopter , if it is 2.5k€ it’s above my personal limit.

[kenspo]

Ricoh only know what they set as price. Every country has their own taxes, so impossible to know 100% for everyone before its out

[Daikokuya]

maybe north Korean

I hope he hasn't applied Pentax technology to missiles.

[Glorfindelrb]

Ricoh only know what they set as price. Every country has their own taxes, so impossible to know 100% for everyone before its out

That's wrong Ricoh set the recommended retail price "MSRP" (including VAT in EU, not in the US) and the price to the retailer. I suspect the price @btnapa saw was the price to the retailer and ~2000€ the MSRP for EU.

[sunfog]

Interesting comparison from the infamous RiceHigh.

RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: K-1 Should be Smaller than 6D and D610

[kenspo]

That's wrong Ricoh set the recommended retail price "MSRP" (including VAT in EU, not in the US) and the price to the retailer. I suspect the price @btnapa saw was the price to the retailer and ~2000€ the MSRP for EU.

I guess you're correct. This is not my table

[Mistral75]

Two weeks have elapsed but there isn't any update of the official teasing website today:

Full Frame by PENTAX | RICOH IMAGING

I've got withdrawal symptoms...

[ffking]

Two weeks have elapsed but there isn't any update of the official teasing website today:

two weeks until the 25th, as well - got to be an auspicious day, surely

[Ishpuini]

Interesting comparison from the infamous RiceHigh.

RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: K-1 Should be Smaller than 6D and D610

That's what we would expect from Pentax indeed. However, the image RH links to uses last year's 3D-printed mock-up as a base for comparison, and not the latest prototype. So perhaps it's not quite accurate...

Wim

[christiandre]

I hope he hasn't applied Pentax technology to missiles.

AF ?
"damn, the missile could not keep its moving target and crashed at 2000 miles from the planned location !"

[Rondec]

Ad 1: AF: every new Pentax camera has faster AF than the previous one. However it is still a little bit behind the competition, so it remains to be seen whether the AF matches that of D750/D810/5Ds etc. I would be very surprised if it did.
Ad 2: Pixel shift: I guess a 36 MPx camera really doesn´t need more MPx, however since this technology is already used in K-3 II it is almost certain it will be in flagship model too.
Ad 3: I doubt it, since it is going to be a rebadged Tamron they won´t do anything with optical formula (lens elements and their shapes - the shape of the front element prevents usage of filters).
Ad 4: This is the crucial question: it is obvious that standard zoom lenses like 15-30, 24-70, 28-105 have priority, however modern primes are desperately needed. E.g. there is nothing wider than the 31mm Limited, so some 18, 20 or 22mm primes are necessary. Likewise primes longer than 100mm, a fast portrait prime like 85mm/1,4 etc. So a lot of work ahead.
Ad 5: Every source hints at 36 MPx, however I would appreciate 24 Mpx or even less (something like the D5 sensor: only 20 MPx, but enormous DR and high ISO performance). Anyhow I understand the marketing importance of high MPx sensor. But hope there will be a lower-specced FF with less MPx in the future (K-2 maybe).

I have no idea about most of those things. I would just say with regard to auto focus capability, it is important (a) to separate auto focus tracking from auto focus. Pentax cameras are actually really good at auto focus and they have improved with regard to tracking, but still lag behind the competition. (b) lens contribution to auto focus capability. Odds are that the K-1 will focus really well with the newest lenses (the 24-70 f2.8, 70-200 f2.8, 150-450), but won't do as well with older lenses like the FA limiteds or the DA *55. There is only so much that the body is able to do when dealing with slower technology like original SDM motors or older tech like screw driven lenses. But it is unlikely that you can mount an older F or FA lens on the camera and expect it to measure up to top of the line Canon/Nikon cameras.

[pathdoc]

And how would you describe a company which market share is 4,5% ( DSLR sales in 2015; compare to Canon: 54,7% and Nikon 39,1%)?

It doesn't have to match Canon and Nikon sales numbers - it just has to turn enough of a profit to go on making cameras.

but it´s not a mirrorless system someone takes seriously. Teenage Japanese girls like and buy it,

You contradict yourself - who doesn't take it seriously? You, perhaps, or anyone else who lusts after the next mirrorless, EVF-equipped hundred-megapixel wonder. And really, who cares who buys it? Money in Ricoh's pocket is money in Ricoh's pocket, whether from teenage Japanese schoolgirls or someone else. I'm pretty sure Ricoh regard the Q as a foot in the door to more serious things - when that teenage Japanese schoolgirl outgrows her out-of-the-box Q, she has two choices; buy a better lens or buy a bigger camera. If she's already carrying a Pentax camera, the chances of her buying a bigger Pentax increase. And all that time the thing is being waved in her friends' faces, bombarding them with "Pentax" every time she takes their picture.

I'm pretty sure some of those teenage Japanese schoolgirls take their photography VERY seriously, and some of them might well be insulted by your words.