Pentax Full Frame Comment
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This comes from the Philippines, allegedly from a Pentax manager at some sort of trade fair.
Or maybe "Same" as 645D means it's crap at high ISO's

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an excerpt from the speech of one of the leaders of Pentax: ".. First of all, we are seriously discussing the development of a full-frame SLR camera. We contacted the developer of full-frame sensors and translate to the stage of the development process to create the final product.
When viewed from the perspective of "a new SLR", for us there is no difference between creating crop and full-frame cameras: we have everything you need to create a full-frame camera after getting your hands on the appropriate sensor and that the necessary development cycle. However, we believe that there should be a marked difference between explicit and sprinkled the full-frame camera as on the quality of the images and on the part of the options available to the user when shooting. This is the reason why we left almost alone in the production of DA lenses: we thought (and still think that it will be difficult to show a clear difference between the consumer and kropnutyh full-frame cameras.
Well it just confirms what we already really know - Pentax are looking seriously into FF but are reluctant to formally commit to it.
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so maybe they release an improved d-slr and 645d at the same time...
would explain the delays. Why shoot themselves in the proverbial foot and get bad pr from inside and outside the Pentax camp?
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They are also saying, it seems to me, that the difference in quality would be hard to justify. I suppose it's inevitable that APS-C has become so good that FF would have to be extraordinary in some way to make the bulk and cost worthwhile.
While it is true that APS-C is very good, it seems some Pentaxians are moving to other brands just to upgrade to FF (if reasons given by some to sell their equipment is to be believed).
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It's not enough in numbers to justify on its own major investment.
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There's no doubt FF offers an advantage for many shooters although my position is APSC is good enough for me, no matter how much FF appeals....
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They are also saying, it seems to me, that the difference in quality would be hard to justify. I suppose it's inevitable that APS-C has become so good that FF would have to be extraordinary in some way to make the bulk and cost worthwhile.
It's a sensible rationale to make John, but as we've seen with current Pentax model differences, sadly to the point of tedium, tantrums and tears, the actual real life differences in quality and how customers perceive those differences can be two different things.
If and when Pentax do release a FF Camera you can be sure that some of it's purchasers will be declaring a HUGE difference in quality.
I rather like the idea of a FF model so I can get the wider FOV on my A50/1.2 but there's no way I can justify the expense just for that so it's likely I'll be sticking with the APS-C route.

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They are also saying, it seems to me, that the difference in quality would be hard to justify. I suppose it's inevitable that APS-C has become so good that FF would have to be extraordinary in some way to make the bulk and cost worthwhile.
Given DXO labs verdict on the K5IIs and even on the dpreview studio comparison tool, you'd have to agree.
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Pentax User Team
Tyldesley, Manchester
отрывок из выступления одного из руководителей Пентакс: "..Во-первых, мы серьезно обсуждаем разработку полнокадровой зеркальной камеры. Мы налаживаем контакты с разработчиком полнокадровых сенсоров и переводим процесс разработки на стадию создания конечного продукта.
Если смотреть с точки зрения "создания новой зеркалки", то для нас нет никакой разницы между созданием кропа и полнокадровой камер: у нас есть всё необходимое, чтобы создать полнокадровую камеру после получения на руки соответствующего сенсора и проведения необходимого цикла разработки. Однако, мы считаем, что должна быть обозначена явная разница между кропом и полнокадровой камерой как по части качества снимков, так и по части возможностей, доступных пользователю при съемке. Это и является причиной, по которой мы оставили в производстве почти одни DA объективы: мы думали (и продолжаем думать
an excerpt from the statement made by one of the leaders of the Pentax: "..First, we are seriously discussing the development of a full frame SLR camera. We are pursuing contacts with the developer of full frame sensors and translate the development process at the stage of creating the final product.
When viewed from the perspective of "creating a new DSLR is much more suitable" for us there is no difference between creating a cron and full frame cameras: we have everything you need to create a wide camera after getting your hands on the sensor and the necessary development cycle. However, we believe that there should be a marked a clear difference between a kropom and a full frame camera like on the image quality and the features available to the user when shooting. This is the reason why we left in almost DA lenses: we thought (and still think) that it would be difficult to show a clear difference to the consumer between kropnutoj and full frame cameras. " (Translated by Bing
Best regards, John