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APSC Really, really???? Is Pentax hoping that President B-Zero prints up some more cash and bails Pentax out? One can always hope I guess. So what do you think the Pentax employees going to do in their new careers.
Do you really think that Ricoh GR will be better with full frame sensor? I think a FF compact with 24mm F2 would be ...well, not so compact. This is NOT SLR lens, you fool! And about crop SLR lenses: Canikon is leaving the APS-C market to focus on competing each other in the FF arena. Pentax will be too much of a small player in it RIGHT NOW to waste resources, when a (still more profitable) APS-C arena is left without fight by the big two. Supporting its APS-C line until it will be a strong enaugh market player there is the way up.
They are not hoping. They are just selling now. Do you really think they are producing stuff that nobody buys CURRENTLY? They will be able to introduce a FF fast, whenever they see it necessary. They do not think that loosing clients is important, as long as they sell enough.
I'd rather have a FF 35mm f/2.0 instead of cropping my wide angle lenses. P. S. FF 24mm f/1.4 are becoming commonplace now, trying to reproduce that on a C-size image sensor gives you a lot of distortion because it's really a 16mm f/2.8 that's been cropped. I'll also find it funny when Ricoh saves the day by asking for over $10,000.00 for the same old Pentax D645-II!!!
It's not "cropped" - it's a native APS-C 24mm lens. And there is no distortion just because you use 16mm on APS-C instead of 24mm on FF - 16mm lenses can be corrected just like a 24mm can. BTW, $10,000 for the 645DII is pretty affordable comparing to what others want for that sensor. It's gonna be one of the cheapest MF body once again.
It iz a mirrorless dezign. For a camera that lookz like Fuji X100s, but better, of course, and more rezolution (24 MP). It all be a hi-end compact, with 43 mm, 50mm and 75mm crop, weather proof az well. And wi-fi.
Exactly, all those crop Canikon bodies are for noobs, buy a true large sensor camera like the Pentax 645D, otherwise your images will look like crap! (for some fools without the sense of irony: this is one, read and learn).
Did anyone notice how great the pictures of a K-3 with the 20-40 Ltd. are? The autofocus improvements really make a big difference. I'm rediscovering Pentax right now, and very happy with it.
Yes, I would buy a FF (even without SR if that is an issue), but would I use it often? Time would tell.
However, what I would definitely buy AND use are some more, compact and well-built lenses of the Limited line. The 20-40 is great for what it is, but I appreciate compact size even more than versatility.
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pfools · 577 weeks ago
Bukaj · 577 weeks ago
This is NOT SLR lens, you fool!
And about crop SLR lenses: Canikon is leaving the APS-C market to focus on competing each other in the FF arena. Pentax will be too much of a small player in it RIGHT NOW to waste resources, when a (still more profitable) APS-C arena is left without fight by the big two. Supporting its APS-C line until it will be a strong enaugh market player there is the way up.
foton · 577 weeks ago
romay · 577 weeks ago
Andrés · 577 weeks ago
a´m coming, a´m coming... ahhhhh!
jaad75 · 577 weeks ago
Dan Johnson · 577 weeks ago
P. S.
FF 24mm f/1.4 are becoming commonplace now, trying to reproduce that on a C-size image sensor gives you a lot of distortion because it's really a 16mm f/2.8 that's been cropped. I'll also find it funny when Ricoh saves the day by asking for over $10,000.00 for the same old Pentax D645-II!!!
jaad75 · 577 weeks ago
BTW, $10,000 for the 645DII is pretty affordable comparing to what others want for that sensor. It's gonna be one of the cheapest MF body once again.
zosX · 577 weeks ago
Chris · 577 weeks ago
Mike Kawasaki · 577 weeks ago
pfools · 577 weeks ago
Catchalive · 577 weeks ago
[irony ON] Your pics should incredible man! [Irony OFF]
Jaz Johal · 577 weeks ago
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pfools · 576 weeks ago
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Chris · 576 weeks ago
Yes, I would buy a FF (even without SR if that is an issue), but would I use it often? Time would tell.
However, what I would definitely buy AND use are some more, compact and well-built lenses of the Limited line. The 20-40 is great for what it is, but I appreciate compact size even more than versatility.