Thank You Mistral
Here are the goodies - some left today for those who didn't collect already - take your PENTAX Gear !
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Originally posted by nnky 645Z successor?
Basically, there is a stronger "omerta" as for anything else when talking about future Pentax medium format products.
I tried with 3 of my best in-house contacts, and they actually don't have any clue of what is happening with this product-line.
IMHO, Ricoh are still struggling to decide what they should do - or even stop that format.
There are some probably substancial "cons" to continue :
1- Pentax has been passed away by Fuji and Hassy and their compact yet affordable GFX & X1D line
2- The MF market is now "crowded" with only a few hundreds of annual sales
2- High definition 100 Mpix sensors could be a real problem considering the "old conception" of most of the 645 lenses. Actually they have only issued 3 modern lenses in 8 years since the 645D launch.
4- Considering the limited R&D funds and the priority given to FF product-line, they cannot afford to develop a new MF mirrorless mount
5- My conclusion : there is more than 80% probability that Ricoh Imaging are just selling 645 inventories, and will end-up leaving the MF boat