One thought on this lens. Restyle it a bit, change a couple of highlight colours and call it a Pentax. Been done before with a Tamron!
Brian

I was hoping that with Ricoh involved there might be a little more corporate pressure available. Obviously I was wrong. Not a brand changer (from Pentax) but a real shame that Sigma still have no competition in K-mount.
Brian

I've just tried to open and process an IR image in DCU 4. Only one of the one's I downloaded will open, processing seems a different matter. Anyone else masochistic enough to have tried this? What does the camera ship with?
Brian

Looking forward to seeing your results. Even though the high ISO performance is slightly worse than the K-5 I'm sure it slaughters my K-7. Oh and it focuses in low light (more important to me) and it focuses quickly (more important to me).
regards
Brian (RAC1970 on Flickr)

Just as a suggestion, how about a FF mirrorless body with the usual Pentax ergonomics but with inter-changeable lens mounts a la Ricoh GXR. Anyone with whatever lens set can then buy into Pentax!
Brian

There was a picture of the twin slots on the Ricoh US site before the page was removed. I noticed that the strap fitting has been moved forward on the body so access should be ok.
Brian

When will we see stock? My K-7 is feeling lonely!
Brian

It offers me an expensive route to being able to use the new flashes (K-7 user)! I nearly went for a K-5 IIs but wanted to see what was coming next. I think it will probably do me for a long time and answer most of the issues I have at the moment. I will keep the K-7 because it still produces good pictures (when I get it right!). The K-3 will beat it on autofocus, lowlight and resolution, the last one being the least important new feature to me.
What I really need as well, though, is a lightweight portable mirrorless ILC with a brilliant evf for use when I'm cycling and walking.
Brian