Originally posted by Rondec They might as well have been starting from scratch...
You also have a point, they have to hit the market with a rock star, or the whole thing could be nothing but a disaster. I was thinking more in line of the small technical problems that don't seem small, but really are giant hurdles unless you already have the experience and designs.
I really hope FF is a rock star. And I really hope Ricoh markets the hell out of it.
As for the initial question... That was settled last night, with a very slow, and trepidatious click on B&H's site. I decided that FF (at least right now) isn't for me. I'm still very much a learning hobbiest, so I don't need the absolute best (that isn't the 645z). The K3 or K3ii are more than enough camera for me. For the same, supposed, price of the FF I managed to get a massive upgrade to my "small kit", the EM5 ii, a lens to fill a gap in that kit, a fast normal. And as of tonight the aging K3, since I realized I didn't really need much of what the ii offered. I'm still not sure if I made the " right" choice, but I know I'm not going to be disappointed either.
One of the reasons I didn't go for FF, is that I'd rather wait and see. I want to see what Pentax managed to get out, and wait for people to shoot with it for a year or so. There were other factors, obviously, but that was the one I kept coming back too.