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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-17-2018, 10:55 PM
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True. But I think this can be seen even simpler. If you imagine that for Ricoh the main question is simply: is there an imaging sensor and processor available that can offer better video specs? Followed by the question: can we use it for our entire lineup (APS-C, FF, 645)? And then the cost come into consideration. And here it is about priorities: if the most suitable and available processor does not support video to it's best they probably would still use it and not look for another solution at this moment (see Ricoh GRIII). I am convinced, that as soon as there will be a new pipeline available all formats will get faster updated than anyone might have thought, and probably natural progression will bring better video anyway. Maybe not what some might hope, but would someone still be surprised that Ricoh stickes to it's core competence and video is available if it does not complicate things?
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-17-2018, 01:35 PM
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Exactly. I don't know what FF-naysayers should be. Maybe there is a common group with those, who complain that K3+ is not given the full attention anymore? I like the K-1 and considered it for professional (read: in my job) use, but must say for my personal needs the obvious increase in weight, bulk and price of according lenses was a major constraint that was evident before they were announced.
Who says that Ricoh could not have gone the path of Fuji with APS-C in DSLR and brought the 645 to competitive level, pricewise, sizewise, performance wise, instead of the K1? But as you said, photoptimist, the larger sensor is not mainstream, thus also the processing pipeline would have to be adapted and it would have it's price.
Reading here sometimes really gives the impression that anything that happens is just comented negatively. In most cases that is just natural and rarely (yes, there might be some posters) the complaints come from the same people. Some decisions suit sometimes these individuals more, sometimes others. And it seems to be an unwritten rule of the whole internet, that everyone has to comment on new developments, even if he newer was in the target group for that. Porsche has a new sportscar? Fail, I need more space in the trunk...;)
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-19-2018, 01:36 AM
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Scorpio, that's all fine, but still, you are oversimplifying things. As the lens was built as a lens covering the APS-C sensor the quality control might have focussed on the area covering this. There might be elements which would not have been sufficient for 35mm coverage but still used in this lenses, there simply may have been no quality assesment at this extreme edges at all. Ricoh now suddenly qualifying this lens as DFA would have to assure that they work also in an area they might not have been built for and I can well understand why they would not want to warrant this. Even if you can take your pictures also on larger sensors, but just without quality guarantee for every single lens and situation.
Not a big issue and certainly not comtradictory to your's or Kunzites opinion.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
06-10-2017, 06:43 AM
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Your attempts to thoughts always make me think. Hmm. Most of us lack any insight in camera business. Most keep their interpretations of it at a reasonably low level. Helps to avoid dissapointment if the normative power of the factual proves speculation wrong, again and again.
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