Originally posted by Iskandar Taib Bah, humbug. A full frame dSLR will be huge and cost a ton of money, no matter who makes it. Not for me, I'm afraid.
Somewhat ironic about Ricoh "taking over " Pentax - in the early 80s I was in the market for a SLR, and quickly decided I wanted a K-Mount. Looking at all the features, I eventually went with a Ricoh XR2s. It had everything I could get in a K-mount SLR at the time, far more than the then top-of-the-line Pentax ME Super (at the expense of added bulk, of course) AND was quite a few dollars cheaper. Nice build quality, too. Used it for years. Bought a Pentax 50/1.4 to go with it later. Only started buying Pentax bodies years later when cheap used MEs and ME Supers started becoming available.
Iskandar
That's a good story, and I hope Ricoh has a similar mindset to what they had in days past. With Pentax and Ricoh engineering together it should be interesting.
Originally posted by Adam They should just re-launch all their FA* lenses with quick-shift. That would make them perfect!
I absolutely agree.
I probably sound like a broken record on the forums, but I keep saying they did something good with the D-FA 100mm WR Macro lens. It's just strange that's the only lens they have done the treatment to. Imagine a FA* 85mm f1.4 turned into a "D-FA* 85mm f1.4 WR" with quick-shift, WR, machined aluminum casing, improved coatings, and rounded aperture blades.