Surely not buying a newly announced model until it has dropped a bit in price isn't a phenomenon entirely unique to Pentax?

People have had no trouble coughing up for a 645D, in greater numbers than I think any of us anticipated. And if they can build that camera, and bring it to market, I don't see why a 35mm format body would pose a problem.

People won't pay for a K5 because of the QC issues which have unfortunately tarnished its reputation slightly, and then there are some people who want to wait and see if the next body has some feature or other they want, like a flip-out screen for example, and then there are some people who are simply happy enough with their K10/K20/K7. Some of them may be persuaded to upgrade for the advantages a FF would have over the K5, but the K5 alone isn't quite enough to spring their wallet open.

Personally I'd like to see Ricoh put a big rocket up Pentax's backside, and develop BOTH the new bodies and new lenses existing and potential customers are demanding. It doesn't have to be either/or anymore, with a big, committed company like Ricoh behind them.

Ricoh have stated they want to put Pentax alongside Canon and Nikon. For me, that's practically a statement of intent to introduce a FF camera, as well as expand the lens range. The only question is 'when?'

Well to me the reality is as awe-inspiring as any supernatural explanation!

American consiracy theorists would have other explanations: HAARP, chemtrails, Planet Niburu, etc etc. When I looked on Youtube, there were quite a shocking number of nutcase comments about these things saying they were caused by the government was spraying us with chemicals from the upper atmosphere, or that they were a sort of portent of doom from the Book of Revelations!

I think the letter makes a lot of good points. I'm not sure 'thousands of Pentax users have been waiting for FF for years' is accurate though, most have simply gone over to Canikon if they really want full frame, we see it on the forum all the time. How many people skip Pentax altogether for it's lack of FF is something that can't be quantified.

Pentax Europe's response gives no hints about any specific product, but the mention of 'high quality products intended for advanced amateur and professional photographers' is reassuring and it's far less of a curt response that previous queries have received!

I've seen the Q in Jessops, but has anyone else noticed the fairly prominent newspaper advertising for the Q, done by Jessops? Well thats a bit of an exaggeration, I've seen one advert in the Independent, but by Pentax standards, that's a big deal!

Certainly looks like a sun dog, and a spectacular one too. I think they're formed from the sun refracting off ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. There was probably one on the other side of the sun too.

With an A lens the camera does know the viewing aperture, just as it does with the KAF2 lenses. They use the same contacts.

It's just that if the lens is set to anything other than the 'A' setting, the camera has no way of knowing what aperture it's set at.

There shouldn't be any need to send the camera back to the dealers for dust in the viewfinder, particularly if it's not visible with the viewfinder held to the eye! (Although the OP would be within his rights to do so if he wished).... I wouldn't bother. Minor dust will end up in the viewfinder at some point anyway, just through normal use. This is not in the same league as the sensor issues and 'mirror flops' etc which I agree need to be discussed openly and dealt with promptly (although I don't think 'anger' is going to help the situation any)...

I agree. Especially as this is just a bit of dust we're talking about, nothing permanent. It's a bit like buying a new car and finding that one of the mechanics has left a crisp packet in the glove box.

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