it just proves how hit and miss insurance companys are

when i delt with said insurance company they was the biggist pain in the butt going and would not recomend them

regards stu

the old pentax would not have said a date for release infact you would not have known it was comming it would just appear

what i think is every one is missing the big point a company cannot survive on promersis
ricoh are not hitting the targets they keep anouncing which as a big impact on the company

and defending there desitions is not helping

we as customers and users should be saying to them to get there act together and stop leading us on

well if the star system is a pup why not convert to the system that is on its big brother which is working fine as there as been no complaints on here from people that as got them

pentax users have been waiting for a pentax 70/200 2.8 for years and i dont just from the digital era

but why are all the reviews of the len that have been used outstanding with no faults

i think the problem may be that they have made a boo boo on how much it is going to cost them more like

i would think more from a company side of things not to say they are going to make somthing and give a dateand then keep back pedaling

if it was the moter industry or any other industry poeple would turn there back on them
and once you get that reputation it sticks

yes pentax produce some of the best product
but customer service sucks

all thes problems should have been sorted befor the product was announced

if they did not keep having delays then they may get a bigger share of the market

it came up on my facebook page on pentax fourm they said that in japan there was a press release on the 11 of june john

they have now said late autumn

So know the 70/200 as Been put back till autumn

This is getting rediculouse

Why don't Ricoh just not keep there gob shut on release dates until it's ready for release

think we could have done with this lens when film and auto focus was at its hight

just bought amateur photographer dated 20 june
and it is a good review of the HD Pentax-D FA* 70-200 f2.8ED DC AW
and reading between the lines he cant wait to try it on the ff camera