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Well it turns out Ricoh apparently is valued at over $20 billion dollars which puts it bigger than several other companies. The question of course is what will Ricoh do. Is the Pentax Q still flying? From what I read the 645D is safe. Looks like the K-mount is also safe (would be in a way kind of stupid to buy Pentax and not continue the K-mount unless Ricoh was solely interested in the intellectual property, but doesn't read that way from the press release).Well I hop it's good for the Ricoh users, and for the Pentax users too. Pentax has been through some poor times although their current K5 seems a good body. I don't know that Ricoh has had too many difficulties in recent years.
Hope for the best for both.
Well remember the 645D can use all the 645 film mount lenses. I have one of those and the lens is actually pretty good. They need to come up with weather sealing due to the 645D sporting that as a feature though.Hopefully for 645D users Ricoh will be able to pick up the pace of lens development and make that system even more attractive.
But even Pentax didn't recommend a lot of those lenses and most I thought were not current production.Well remember the 645D can use all the 645 film mount lenses. I have one of those and the lens is actually pretty good. They need to come up with weather sealing due to the 645D sporting that as a feature though.
- Raist
+1I think this is the best thing that could have happened to PENTAX. Ricoh and Pentax both make camera for photographers and from where I see their product philosophies go very well together. I feel like PENTAX is in a safe hands
Interesting thing I am imagining is, down the line Ricoh may relase K-Mount for GXR taking all those sweet Pentax primes. If it happens, that could be best mirrorless compact produced till date. On the other note, this also will underline versatility of GXR concept in the long run.
I thought about that but they are still meant for a camera with a mirror box so the module would be unnecessarily deep.Interesting thing I am imagining is, down the line Ricoh may relase K-Mount for GXR taking all those sweet Pentax primes. If it happens, that could be best mirrorless compact produced till date. On the other note, this also will underline versatility of GXR concept in the long run.
Terry, where did you see that? Many of the film-era lenses do quite well with the 645D and to my knowledge, 645 lenses production has been moved to Viet Nam. Most of the 645 lenses can be purchased new in Asia and Europe.But even Pentax didn't recommend a lot of those lenses and most I thought were not current production.
I understood this same way!When I watched the video with a Pentax rep on Luminous Landscape when the camera was just becoming available in Canada/US. There were other mentions at the time that lenses were being redeveloped to handle the demands of high resolution digital sensors.
Ricoh's a pretty good sized company. They have a lot of camera and lens expertise, just not in the DSLR or Medium Format Digital space. My impression is that they've been doing pretty well and have not been at risk at all. It's Pentax that's had the financial problems and has now been bought twice. So I think we have to consider this from the Ricoh perspective, since it is Ricoh buying the Pentax brand and technology from Hoya, not Pentax driving the deal. Pentax technologies are essentially being split up, the camera portion of the company separated from the medical portion.I thought about that but they are still meant for a camera with a mirror box so the module would be unnecessarily deep.
Hi Terry, Tom & All,Terry, where did you see that? Many of the film-era lenses do quite well with the 645D and to my knowledge, 645 lenses production has been moved to Viet Nam. Most of the 645 lenses can be purchased new in Asia and Europe.
Tom