Pentax (Page 2): I've emailed metabones, as it wasn't in the faq. The adaptall lenses might be easiest to do since the lens mount is removable. my sp90 as a f1.7 lens and closer to a...

blackest Loc: Ireland

rehess wrote:

Apparently building an adapter is tougher than it ... (show quote)

I've emailed metabones, as it wasn't in the faq. The adaptall lenses might be easiest to do since the lens mount is removable.
my sp90 as a f1.7 lens and closer to a full frame 90mm field of view would be very nice.

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

rehess wrote:

Takes K-mount lenses.

Doesn't cost a small fortune

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

rehess wrote:

May be a long wait - their identity is embodied in their {superior} pentaprism .... unlike Canikon, this is used even in bottom-of-the-line models.

They didn't call them selves PENTAx for nuttin'!

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

bedouin wrote:

Late yesterday, Ricoh (the parent company of Pentax) issued a statement saying the K-1 is still being manufactured and sold, and that the rumors about an upgraded model were just that-rumors.

Please provide a link .... the "K-1 canceled" and "K-1ii" news both come from usually reliable sources.

bedouin Loc: Big Bend area, Texas

I got my info from the webmaster of Pentax K-1 Forum on Facebook. He said he received the news in a call from Pentax USA in Denver.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

bedouin wrote:

I got my info from the webmaster of Pentax K-1 Forum on Facebook. He said he received the news in a call from Pentax USA in Denver.

I don't have a Facebook account, so I don't know anything about this guy, but this may fall under the category of "fake news".

The office in Denver was closed almost two years ago and the employees were fired or assigned elsewhere. Apparently management of the Pentax brand in the USA is diffuse, handled by Ricoh employees in New Jersey and Georgia amongst places.

blackest Loc: Ireland

rehess wrote:

I don't have a Facebook account, so I don't know anything about this guy, but this may fall under the category of "fake news".

The office in Denver was closed almost two years ago and the employees were fired or assigned elsewhere. Apparently management of the Pentax brand in the USA is diffuse, handled by Ricoh employees in New Jersey and Georgia amongst places.

hmm Pentax employee in an office which closed 2 years ago. Someone was lying.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

blackest wrote:

hmm Pentax employee in an office which closed 2 years ago. Someone was lying.

Since I don't have a Facebook account, I don't know anything about this "K-1 forum", such as who it is connected to and even how long this place has been around. And this is a problem in general with the Internet - anyone can go into business claiming anything, and it takes time to sort out who actually knows what. In my profession as a computer developer, I encountered some young men @ LinkedIn who had been hoodwinked into believing something by a web site; I could demonstrate to them that the web site had mislead them, but I couldn't do anything about the web site itself.

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

rehess wrote:

Since I don't have a Facebook account, I don't kno... (show quote)

...."And this is a problem in general with the Internet - anyone can go into business claiming anything, and it takes time to sort out who actually knows what."

Yep! 👍👍👍

"If you read it on the Internet, You can be sure it's true" - Abraham Lincoln, 1862.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

James Slick wrote:

...."And this is a problem in general with the Internet - anyone can go into business claiming anything, and it takes time to sort out who actually knows what."

Yep! 👍👍👍

"If you read it on the Internet, You can be sure it's true" - Abraham Lincoln, 1862.

Do you remember the opening of the old "Dudley Duright" cartoon, where the usually helpless heroine says in her breathless clueless voice, "If it says it so in the newspaper, it must be true"? Oh for even that level of truth!!

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

rehess wrote:

Do you remember the opening of the old "Dudley Duright" cartoon, where the usually helpless heroine says in her breathless clueless voice, "If it says it so in the newspaper, it must be true"? Oh for even that level of truth!!