Originally posted by mrNewt No, it hasn't been 2 years.
There were hopes and wishes from a lot of people for years, but when the actual, official news was given that they are working on the FF is not too long ago. And based on what they promised, they are only delayed for roughly 6 months. Where did you come up with the 2 years?
As one of the ones reading the Pentax announcements and trying to decode the marketing gobbledygook, my best estimate based on the available information was last November. Then Pentax execs announced the Pentax FF had been pushed back for the 645z, and now it's been pushed back for something else. Two 6 month delays = 1 year later than my earliest possible guess. But those were my guesses, based on what Pentax announced, not anything Pentax ever announced. Sometimes I think people like myself know something they don't. But, you have to remember, there were people who read the same reports I did, who promptly announced that Pentax was never going to release an FF, based on reading the same articles. We were both wrong, but they were "wronger".
You can't assume that because a forum member says something is going to happen, it is. That being said, my "best estimate" was that last June was the expected date. And with a couple of 6 month delays, I think I pretty much nailed it, in terms of Pentax's best case scenario. The only thing I really care about in the Pentax FF is i want the AF to be at least as good as a Nikon D610. If they can't get that right, I won't even consider it. That's what is important. The time it's released? Well, my opinions on the actual value of FF are pretty well known. It's a "nice to have" thing, not a "have to have" thing.
Right now, I like my K-3. I'm not thinking about upgrading. It does what I want APS-c to do. So what Pentax does with APS-c is not really an issue. A tweak to the processing unit to get the same DR Nikon does with the same sensor would be nice, but I don't mind working with the DR of the K-3.