01-30-2017, 09:30 PM
Sigh... another "my decision to leave Pentax was the correct one because yadda yadda yadda and if they die my decision will be proven correct"... :p
Left in 2012, you say? So you missed all the new things done under Ricoh Imaging, including:
- the K-5II, able to focus down to -3EV
- the K-3, with the first Pentax AF with advanced subject tracking functions
- the DA 560mm, their first long lens in a while
- their first optically stabilized interchangeable lens (for the 645)
- their first 1.4x RC with autofocus
- the D FA 150-450, filling an important gap
- their first D FA* lens, a 70-200 f/2.8
- their very first FF DSLR - which was very well received
- a new and very fast AF motor (PLM)
- evolving the K-mount towards a fully electronic interface (KAF4)
It's like we're in a Monty Python sketch... besides the above and what I left out, what have Ricoh Imaging ever done for us?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso
P.S. I'm still waiting for wim to explain how only a 3rd-party lens maker can make great lenses. I hope he's talking about Zeiss (though Leica would have something to say about that...).
Left in 2012, you say? So you missed all the new things done under Ricoh Imaging, including:
- the K-5II, able to focus down to -3EV
- the K-3, with the first Pentax AF with advanced subject tracking functions
- the DA 560mm, their first long lens in a while
- their first optically stabilized interchangeable lens (for the 645)
- their first 1.4x RC with autofocus
- the D FA 150-450, filling an important gap
- their first D FA* lens, a 70-200 f/2.8
- their very first FF DSLR - which was very well received
- a new and very fast AF motor (PLM)
- evolving the K-mount towards a fully electronic interface (KAF4)
It's like we're in a Monty Python sketch... besides the above and what I left out, what have Ricoh Imaging ever done for us?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso
P.S. I'm still waiting for wim to explain how only a 3rd-party lens maker can make great lenses. I hope he's talking about Zeiss (though Leica would have something to say about that...).