I don't know how much credence you can put in journalistic endeavors
that get basic facts wrong. I guess we can believe what they wrote, even
though this won't be Pentax's first full frame DSLR, the late lamented
and almost forgotten, or so it seems MR-52, a FF 6mp, often refereed to
as the MZ-D and at least once re-branded as the K-1, was probably mere
months from a formal announcement and full production. It was probably
scuttled by three things, 1 and 2 Canon and Kodak both announced at
Photokina that year, 11mp and 14mp full frame DSLRs, that would have
sold for less than Pentax could probably produce, let alone sell the
camera for, and 2 the Philips CCD the camera was to built around was
problematic at best, which probably killed Contax/Yashica, when they
decided to go forward with production.
There were supposed to be at least 6 hand built prototypes that were in
circulation for testing and maybe more that never made it out of a
Pentax facility. If the cameras never made it out a R*D lab, I couldn't
count them, but this almost made it into the wild.
On 9/19/2014 1:22 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote:
Please see the write up here:-
http://betterphotography.in/photokina-2014/pentax-confirms-that-a-full-frame-dslr-is-on-its-way/33947/
A PDMLer mentioned that the FF would be released under the RICOH Brand Name.
This article clearly states that it is going to be a Pentax, and that
some new lenses are on the way too.
So some peace of mind and rejoicing for Pentax Lovers.
Enjoy.
Bipin
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