12-23-2011, 07:41 PM
[quote name='Kunzite' timestamp='1324666071' post='14053']
What about it? Nobody (from Pentax) said "FF is not in our plans" as in "we'll never happen" (maybe I wasn't clear about this part). IIRC they said something like "right now we're not working on a FF, but we could do it in the future, if there is enough market demand". Of course, they had to downplay the significance of the missing FF and how the current products makes it unnecessary <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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OTOH there was a significant change from April 2011: Pentax was bought by Ricoh. And Ricoh will make their own decision about FF, while thinking about growth and long-time development and not about margins and cost cutting.
Still, more likely doesn't mean certain <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
By the way, RiceHigh's translations and interpretations can be inaccurate; I would double and triple check everything he says.
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IMO the answer about FF and new lenses is as clear, as it could be from such level chef
. Anyway, CES and Photokina are comming, not so much left to wait and see, what their have (and let's not forget story with 645D, which was first time announced in 2005, and after few incarnations reached the market in 2010/2011 <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> ).
A.
What about it? Nobody (from Pentax) said "FF is not in our plans" as in "we'll never happen" (maybe I wasn't clear about this part). IIRC they said something like "right now we're not working on a FF, but we could do it in the future, if there is enough market demand". Of course, they had to downplay the significance of the missing FF and how the current products makes it unnecessary <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />OTOH there was a significant change from April 2011: Pentax was bought by Ricoh. And Ricoh will make their own decision about FF, while thinking about growth and long-time development and not about margins and cost cutting.
Still, more likely doesn't mean certain <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />By the way, RiceHigh's translations and interpretations can be inaccurate; I would double and triple check everything he says.
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IMO the answer about FF and new lenses is as clear, as it could be from such level chef
. Anyway, CES and Photokina are comming, not so much left to wait and see, what their have (and let's not forget story with 645D, which was first time announced in 2005, and after few incarnations reached the market in 2010/2011 <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> ). A.