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The full interview is here: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/168982-translation-kitazaw...#post1749610

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-- Somehow it feels like a 35mm full-size mirrorless is truly in our near future.

Kitazawa: Near future? Thank you (laughter).

-- Certainly things seem to be leaning that way. I mean, from the direction of this conversation, and Pentax's attitude.

Kitazawa: These are just my personal feelings. Just my thinking!

- But even if you say it's just your personal stance, Mr. Kitazawa, surely it's still a reflection of what Pentax is thinking?

Kitazawa: No, of course not, this is just my personal thinking.

Now, to me, it seems the interviewer is chasing Mr Kitazawa all over the place trying to pin down some sort of hint about new products, but fails to get anything firm. The firmest promise that Mr Kitazawa makes is this one:

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Moving forward at Pentax, we want to make even our entry-level SLR models offer full coverage. Without fail.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Insight into Future Pentax Products at 20/12/2011 - 15:17

AxelLuther wrote:
However - at the end - a user-voted gallery always contains those pictures, the users want to see

I don't know if it's true, but I used to think there was a final 'clearing house' where pictures which lacked that little bit extra were rejected. I would like the final judging panel brought back, and if Pentax are watching, yes I am available and my daily rates are reasonable!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Review time in PPG at 20/12/2011 - 15:03

Nice shots, there's something very haunting about a derelict school. I see a good solid building that with a bit of careful restoration/adaptation could be good for another 200 years. Instead there's probably a gleaming new BSF school or Academy nearby, steel framed and with a 30 year designed life span - attractive and exciting today but in 20 years time?

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Disused school at 20/12/2011 - 14:53

Gwyn wrote:
I'd be all in favour of a smaller, lighter DSLR - *ist Ds size would be wonderful - unlikely though with all the goodies we now get in camera

I'm sure most electronic components will get smaller and smaller. And he talked about mechanical things (like the SR mechanism, and shutter) being replaced by electronics, which would reduce size even more. He was clearly blue-skies-thinking-aloud, but how encouraging that Pentax is really thinking about future technology (and Ricoh have a record of innovating too).

Although on the other hand, part of me just wants them to remake the MX and slap a 35mm sensor in it!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Insight into Future Pentax Products at 20/12/2011 - 13:10

Interesting. In terms of new products in the short term, it gives us nothing! But if this Mr Kitazawa is representative of the product developers at Pentax, the future should turn out to be very interesting now they have Ricoh's backing.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Insight into Future Pentax Products at 20/12/2011 - 12:36

The Sigma is a fisheye. The DA15mm is another kettle of fish entirely

What's more the Sigma is designed for full frame. On crop-sensor you won't get a 'full fisheye effect', just a semi-fishy look like the Zenitar 16mm:

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Sigma 15mm f2.8 Hit or Miss? at 19/12/2011 - 16:10

Yep PF does appear to be offline. We were discussing Bradley Manning and Wikileaks earlier, so the CIA probably took them down!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on does any of my lenses work on Full frame cameras? at 19/12/2011 - 15:39

Certainly a moving story. It shows the importance of acting upon your kinder impulses... those gifts didn't make Rose live any longer, but any pleasure they gave her, any whatsoever, was well worth it. Thanks for posting, Gary... I could not help but make a donation.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on A Tribute To Rose at 19/12/2011 - 14:12

sterretje wrote:
Used at 24mm, I think it will work for full body portraits (head to feet) but, as the others stated, not for close ups of e.g. the head. A nose, for example, will look bigger which might not be flattering.
See e.g. Comparison Of Tele To Wide Portraits and The Ideal Focal Length for Portraiture: A Photographer’s Experiment

Great info! I liked the portrait focal length comparison (here are the larger images). One thing to note is that the examples are full frame 35mm, so you need to factor in the crop factor - at 24mm on a crop sensor you would see something like the 35mm example, at 35mm, more like the 50mm example, etc.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Which lens to compliment K5 with 18-135 WR at 19/12/2011 - 14:00

The Sigma 10-20 works - through some of the zoom range it does vignette, but I think it's OK from 15mm upwards. The Tamron 17-50mm definitely does not work - the imaging circle is about the same through the zoom range. The other zoom I've tested is the 18-55 kit lens... seems OK from about 28mm up.

The DA55-300 is noted as compatible here: http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2009/10/compatibility-of-da-lenses-on-full.html

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on does any of my lenses work on Full frame cameras? at 19/12/2011 - 13:41

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