03-12-2014, 02:57 PM
What's this, an Anti-Pentax Club meeting? 
Pentax is doing quite well, considering they went through a hostile takeover and downsizing/cost-cutting until Ricoh finally bought them. Now they're on the right track.
+ the lack of lenses longer than 300mm, and cheaper than the 560mm:
- the 1.4 RC was recently launched on the market (delivery still pending in some areas); you can put it on a 60-250 or 300 f/4.
- there's a longer zoom on the roadmap
+ compact limiteds were made to be as compact as possible, thus no in-lens motors. It's a design trade-off.
+ the K-3 brings new things regarding the AF, e.g. subject tracking coupled to the 86000 segment RGB metering system. It's an ambitious step forward.
+ the 560mm appears to be a very nice lens, although pricey. It is indeed a long lens instead of a telephoto design; and those claiming that "it must have been designed by a newbie" are kindly invited to do at least as well (I assume they are newbies, so it's doable - right?).
+ Tamron is only making lenses for Canon and Nikon, and for their shareholder - Sony. Maybe Ricoh should buy some shares?
Pentax is doing quite well, considering they went through a hostile takeover and downsizing/cost-cutting until Ricoh finally bought them. Now they're on the right track.
+ the lack of lenses longer than 300mm, and cheaper than the 560mm:
- the 1.4 RC was recently launched on the market (delivery still pending in some areas); you can put it on a 60-250 or 300 f/4.
- there's a longer zoom on the roadmap
+ compact limiteds were made to be as compact as possible, thus no in-lens motors. It's a design trade-off.
+ the K-3 brings new things regarding the AF, e.g. subject tracking coupled to the 86000 segment RGB metering system. It's an ambitious step forward.
+ the 560mm appears to be a very nice lens, although pricey. It is indeed a long lens instead of a telephoto design; and those claiming that "it must have been designed by a newbie" are kindly invited to do at least as well (I assume they are newbies, so it's doable - right?).
+ Tamron is only making lenses for Canon and Nikon, and for their shareholder - Sony. Maybe Ricoh should buy some shares?