The Ricoh Booth at PhotoPlusNY in 2015 had a rep from Japan I had a chance to speak too. I asked him questions about the future of the GR. I brought up the Sony curved sensor as by that time there had been articles written on it. He was surprised to hear Sony had demoed such a sensor. He also seemed very interested in the idea. This was all through a slight translation gap. I speak no Japanese. His english was enough to convey some firmware updates needed for the GRII.
Maybe the full framed curved sensor will be in the Pentax 40mm ƒ2 WR fixed lens compact I suggested to him. :^)
---------- Post added 01-03-18 at 11:53 AM ----------
Originally posted by ogl I don't think that a lot of users are waiting for FF GR for 1800 USD.....
I would prefer WR APS-C GR with 24 MP for 800 USD
This idea fits better into my budget. I think the Samsung 28mp BSI CMOS would be a good candidate for the GRIII.