I played with a prototype of the 70-200 f2.8 a few weeks ago at an expo. It's AF speed on the K3 was very very quick, impressively so. Accuracy was pretty decent in low light as well. I was blown away. I would say its on par with the 70-200 VRII from Nikon actually in all ways from build quality, speed of AF, and size and heft. I didn't have my camera on me so I wasn't able to compare directly.
It's going to be a very impressive lens.
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Originally posted by RonHendriks1966 The Japanese economy is in recession again. Since that is an important market for Ricoh, maybe some products may be delay.
we are heading into a global recession right now overall. so I doubt that makes a huge difference.
we will see consumer spending drop in 2016 overall.