Seriously, I suspect Pentax only now has the support (Ricoh as opposed to Hoya) to pursue FF. It just wan't ready (maybe no even close) by the time Photokina rolled around.
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> wrote: > > > Sun Sep 23 12:02:48 EDT 2012 > John Sessoms wrote: > >> From: Igor Roshchin >> >> > I am surprised why nobody on this list has mentioned the new Pentax >> > lens >> > roadmap yet. It shows among the images in one of the links that >> > Brian [Walters] has posted: >> > http://www.magezinepublishing.com/equipment/images/equipment/K5-II-s-4796/large/pentax-k-mount-lens-roadmap_1348211380.jpg >> > . >> > (Thank you, Brian!) >> > >> > The DA* Zoom (18-85?) looks interesting. I hope it will be affordable. >> > 120-380mm may also be very interesting, but might not be very fast.. >> > >> > The long-awaited AF RC 1.4x is present. >> > >> > It is interesting, that all lenses are DA[*], and not FA/DFA (even the >> > 1.4x) >> > (I.e. nothing is planned or revealed at this point for the FF body. - >> > So what they say in the interview to PentaxForums might be correct.) >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Igor >> >> I don't know why you'd need a lens road-map to verify what they said in >> the interview. >> >> "Thank you for the survey results." >> "Thank you for the T-shirts." >> "We are listening." >> "K-01, K-5II ..." >> "We know it's been two years since the 645D was introduced & that there >> aren't many lenses available. You can use the old lenses even though no >> one has any of them for sale. You can buy a 645D body & the three lenses >> that *are* available for the same price as a Hassleblad." >> "Yes, we know other brands offer FF DSLR's with almost 40Mp." >> "We're thinking about it." >> > > That was a literaly parenthetical note that you refer to. > However in response to your "why?": you should not take interviews > (of commercial company representatives) at the face value, as those > are typically often given in -parseltongue- err.. business-speak. > > Besides, if you haven't noticed, I tend to cross-correlate various > information. Maybe that's why I am a scientist. :-) > > > Cheers, > > Igor > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
