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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-13-2016, 11:27 AM
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Haven't designed a camera AF, but servo design in my job, yes all the time. I would take the risk to say that Ricoh CAN do an AF like Nikon if they have the budget for it. The reason is that AF tracking speed relies on speed of hardware (inner servo loop) and real time processing capacity (outer servo loop) used and the nightmare is about tuning it and having no stability issues with various lenses because there is a wide variety of lens transient responses. Usually, AF modules require development and qualification before even putting it into a commercial camera model, because if you increase AF tracking speed you also reduce the margin of stability and so you take more risk ending up with some lenses having shaky AF or AF just go completely off target (like it is with the K3 27 points tracking with 1.4x TC). Currently, Pentax AF is relatively slower than competition but there is less risk of having that AF inoperable with some lenses. Engineering of new AF modules is costly, especially in term of making it reliable for high volumes and a variety of interchangeable lenses.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-13-2016, 03:49 AM
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I don't think that selling online is not a viable business since we now buy more and more online, and selling online is cheaper than bricks&mortar shops. So, Pentax could be sustainable without necessarily having stocks in a lot of shops. But, selling online also means that after sales services can also be "online" even if small, they must be impeccable, having most parts in inventory to avoid 2 month of delay, and that does not need 1 billion spending.
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