RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: Official! Full Frame Pentax System is Coming!! (Latest Interview with Pentax Ricoh Head)

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Official! Full Frame Pentax System is Coming!! (Latest Interview with Pentax Ricoh Head)

First of all, see this latest interview report by the Japanese Impress magazine online:-

https://www.impressjapan.jp/pr/monitor/1113_dcm/271301_free.pdf

Via Digicame Info (in Japanese) Via Pentax Fan Club Forum (Taiwan, in Chinese).

The Head of Product Development of Pentax Ricoh, who was first employed by the Asahi Optical Company back to 1978, is interviewed. It is told that a new set of 35mm full frame specifications is being formulated and that new moire removal algorithms are being developed as new in-camera function (which the K-5IIs doesn't have). Besides, a Ricoh brand new camera will come. As for the other PR unrelated stuff, I think the most interesting thing is that Foveon is making a new full frame sensor, as well as a monochrome one.

Good news after all! I am almost sure that I will buy one when it arrives! Keep it up, PR!

Related:-

What If When a Pentax FF Body Really Comes (My Own Case Study)

Ten Things that I Want Ricoh to Do for Pentax

Two Major Meanings of Full Frame - Choice of Shallower DoF and Most Optical Quality from (FF) Lenses

Compatibility of DA Lenses on Full Frame

Old Question: Will there be a Pentax Full Frame DSLR?

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Chris · 639 weeks ago

I have known this for 3 months.
And I will buy one.
But my K-5 will most probably stay my walkaround device.
C

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daedbird · 639 weeks ago

While confirmation is nice to see, I would have rather seen more confirmation on new lenses.

Can we also get a new naming system with this? By coincidence, the last time the camera names made sense was with the K10, since it was a 10mp sensor. As a successor, I guess K20 made sense, but it was followed by the K7 and then K5, and now the K5II.

On the lower end, the *istD was followed by the *istDS and DL, then the K100, the K100Super, Km, Kx, Kr, and now the K30. What is up with that?

Simple idea - use sensor MP for a number after K. The 24MP full framer could be the K2 the premium APSc 24mp model could be the K24, and the entry level could be the K240 or K2400.

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Michelle · 639 weeks ago

I am so excited!! Definitely getting one when it comes out.

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twil · 639 weeks ago

Please Please upgrade the focusing to do tracking and predictive focusing !

The current system just will not cut it by the end of 2013.

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Michael A. · 639 weeks ago

Keep those FF bodies coming Pentax! My checkbook is ready to put digi FF beauty on FF glass on hand... :o)

I had a feeling Pentax won't let us down under long lived Ricoh admire/money-ship....

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Ricoh.pentax · 639 weeks ago

This excites us all indeed, but the thought of using Pentax heavily armored body + ancient treasures like 28-70 and heavy 80-200 is a kinda turn off. Nobody need a $2000 dumbbell. When the production of new line of better, lighter and cheeeeeaper lenses is announced, that'd be great christmas and new year news.

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eighter · 639 weeks ago

wOOOooOOOOOOhh !

cool

this announce was waited for so long time..

I hope SDM system will not change in order to keep our Sigma full frame lens on this new body.

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odyn · 639 weeks ago

This Japanese is all Chinese to me ...
But ok, upcomming FF, I'm at 2 useful lenses. I'll survive :)

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badsykes · 639 weeks ago

What's the connection between Foveon and Pentax here? Are we gonna see a Foveon sensor in Pentax bodies ?

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srg · 639 weeks ago

I have the Sigma DP1 Merill with amazing 46Mp Faveon sensor and if Pentax will use in future camera the new FF Faveon it will be a an extraordinary system... compared only with the best medium format camera's.... "who knows?" :) ...

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zosX · 639 weeks ago

Where are the lens announcements? Well I would imagine if they are developing a FF camera that their lens development staff is working full time on new full frame lenses. Given how much the team was cut down under hoya, I'm sure this is a challenge for them. Here's hoping they just take classic pentax designs and refresh them. Some of those lenses would be amazing to see in production again. They have 60 years of optical design experience, plus whatever knowledge ricoh has come up with over the years. I would say be patient. An aps-c 12-24 f4 replacement would be rather nice though. I think something like that was on the roadmap. Also how about a new 28mm? Would be nice.....

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full_frame · 639 weeks ago

SR is overrated. For serious work, use a tripod.

Selling my DA lenses already (except DA15) in anticipation. What lenses are must buys before this comes out? FA85 or the zooms? Or wait for the new lenses?

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Карл Лис · 639 weeks ago

Думаю что корпус для FF аппарата нужно сделать не такой как у К5, лучше будет если корпусы FF у аппаратов Pentax будут похожи на ранее выпускавшийся плёночный фотоаппарат Pentax Z-1p. В Z-1p мне очень нравится его компоновка, крепление для фотовспышки очень правельно установлено, и экран расположенный на призме это очень удачное решение, всё это очень удобно, да и сам корпус аппарата приятный и удобный. Желаю успехов в строении фототехники PENTAX :-)

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Карл Лис · 639 weeks ago

А так же я думаю что нужно возобновить выпуск объективов серии FA, тем более что наверняка все чертежи на них ещё существуют. Это решит вопрос с новыми объективами для нового FF фотоаппарата :-) Хотя возможно нужно будет немного усовершенствовать оптические характеристики новых объективов, так как они имеют устаревшие конструкции, но слишком сильно не нужно ничего менять, так как вся прелесть оптики PETAX в её неповторимости, именно за это и ценят её поклонники.

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Lee · 639 weeks ago

Japanese marketing and PR is exceptionally woeful and crap. They publish this sort of information in unknown Japanese publications in Japanese and totally ignore a wider global audience, no wonder Pentax is struggling.

Not only that but their odd ball marketing, Japanese market only products (like the 645d originally was)

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Zapper 1 · 638 weeks ago

Pentax don't have the system for full frame most of their lenses are APS-C
Even Sony have tons of s/h Minolta full frame AF lenses to buy, in comparison Pentax have very little
Of course it would be nice to see another player in full frame but I can't see this working out that well

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zosX · 638 weeks ago

Indeed. Lots of classic fa designs would be fairly easy to modernize with new coatings. Many of us already have a decent collection of vintage glass too. Bring on the full frame!!! My 28mm wants to be a 28mm again. :)

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HYS · 638 weeks ago

But not with Foveon. Foveon is a good idea, but still too young. That's only personal opinion.