If your names Ricoh and you make cameras and people advise others not to put any old Ricoh lenses on it because they get stuck what would you do? At the very least the screw drive will have to go, which will cause even more confusion. Simplest solution is a new mount the same way Canon, Minolta and Olympus did.

The current one isn't compatible with the Ricoh Pin

They could use a different mount on the next DSLR

Ricoh made several Half-Frame cameras with a clockwork motor in them
Expect to see something similar in the next DSLR.

I think they were attracted to Pentax when they first saw all the multi-coloured K-x's and K-r's.... It was after all Ricoh's original idea and reminded them of the way they like to Jazz up the joint and get on down! They were way ahead of their time in the 70's just look at the pages in this book on ebay link

Now they need a TV commercial with 'Cool and the Gang' advertising all this Funky Stuff!

Sorry to hear that Joe. It's a pity you haven't the serial for the 43mm

Any savvy dealer will use the excuse of the takeover to drum up trade

Could be a bogoff buy a Pentax and get a free Ricoh

Ricoh in the past have sub-contracted lens production (some to Tomioka) so it would be nice if they bought in re-badged lenses like the Tokina 80-400mm which could be easily done by the 1st October 2011

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I never used to go above 400ISO on the K20D for bird shots and I wasn't happy with that with the K-5 I'm happy with 800ISO even though I could go to 1600ISO and still use it.

The big difference is on shots that are too dark. From RAW you can easily pull them up by 1.5 stops and it doesn't even show.

You will find it a big step up in IQ...... You have been warned!