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Schön zusammengefasst:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/...depth-interview-john-carlson.html#post2242864
1/ Ricoh have been focusing on changing Pentax management, the way Pentax did business, launched products,... more than working on the products themselves. The MX-1 was only marginally influenced by Ricoh. Ricoh’s influence in Pentax products and their design will be more noticeable in 2014 after the merger of the two engineering teams which took place two months ago (only).
2/ In particular Pentax future products could take advantage of the graphic user interface of Ricoh GRD.
3/ 2012 sales exceeded those of the previous year (in the United States? Worldwide? This is not specified).
4/ K-II has to be seen as an updated model, an evolution, rather than a complete new model, but that does not mean that its lifespan will be shorter than that of its predecessors.
5/ In terms of hardware, SAFOX X in K-5 II mainly differs from the previous SAFOX with its new, improved Fresnel lens (already improved on K-30 compared to K-5), which allows more accurate autofocus. There are some software enhancements on top of that.
6/ K-5 IIs sells better than K-5 II (in the United States? Worldwide? This is not specified).
7/ (confirmation) The Prime II from K-5 has been used for K-5 II rather than the Prime M from K-01 and K-30, although the latter is more efficient in terms of contrast detection autofocus, because of the 14-bit output Prime M cannot handle.
8/ Do not expect articulated screens in Pentax DSLRs in the short term due to their negative impact on size (mainly) and weather sealing.
9/ (as suspected) This is the size of the sensor that has led to the selection of optical image stabilization rather than sensor stabilization for 645D (what about the future 24x36 camera?).
10/ HD should quite widely replace SMC save for kit lenses and entry-level lenses.