Clarification on the new DFA 24-70mm f/2.8

Zvonimir Tosic wrote:

Indeed. With only small alterations, or changes to the Nikon D610, Ricoh can make a perfectly usable Pentax camera. For example, adding the SR module, and removing of the low-pass filter, will make the same effect the Tamron lens rebadge had: it creates a certain familiarity and a useful comfort zone.

Ricoh only removes certain elements and substitutes them with others, adds its own coatings instead of original coatings. And signs off with a familiar handwriting.

It is all in such little details, and Ricoh does it for the same reason: Jun Hirakawa, an ex Pentax employee, designed this Tamron lens, and perhaps a small team sacked from Pentax during the Hoya era, now works for Nikon, in the D610 team.

And that is exactly what Pentax users have been waiting for, haven't we: connect us with the 'roots' of our values, and build from there! A rebadged Tamron and a rebadged Nikon — is there a better thing to connect us with the precious past!?

So yes, we shall be the happiest through-OEM-reconnected family in the world!

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Madamina, il catalogo è questo; Delle belle che amò il padron mio; un catalogo egli è che ho fatt'io; Osservate, leggete con me.

Hm, I don't think the Pentax FF will be a Nikon rebadge. For one thing, it'll be substantially smaller, and also quite likely heavier, if the mock ups hold true; also, I have this feeling that it'll be a speedy little camera, probably with a much quieter shutter, but also with the strangest omissions (same $hitty flash sync, no on board commander, low battery life, no LCD overlay in the viewfinder, no touchscreen, but also relatively sparse buttons, maybe even FluCard compatibility and no WiFi inside, etc.). When comparing the weights of the systems, I have this inkling that the Pentax might rival Sony for size and weight, when thinking of the whole setup.

But of course, it's all pure speculation:)