Originally posted by claskowski Not knocking Pentax cameras as they are - but the Ricoh folks seems to only work on their latest model(s) and ignore (but still sell) the others unless there is a major bug - then it is squashed but no features added.
Yes, that sounds about right. As with most products, if one wants the newest features, one generally has to upgrade to the newer models.* To be honest, I am pretty impressed with the firmware update history of your K-3II. In my line of work (software development) a short patch list is generally a sign of job-well-done.
Originally posted by deus ursus KAF4 support on older models I believe would help on selling newer lenses, so that sort of firmware upgrade wouldn't be bad?
I suspect that Ricoh would sort of like to sell you both.
Your point is well-made though, assuming that the memory requirements and processor generation on say, your K-5II, are adequate to support K
AF4 and that there are people on staff capable of coding the feature to products that are well past EOL.**
Steve
* Unless one buys Fuji
** Sadly EOL appears to be only a few years after a body is no longer available to be sold.