There is now a second Pentax lens patent that describes another zoom lens for an APS-C mirrorless camera. The lens is the 18-70mm f/3.5-7.1 and a variation of it (19-75mm f/3.5-7.1). I guess that system could be announced at Photokina although I don’t know why Ricoh will maintain two different APS-C mirrorless system (Ricoh GXR and the Pentax).
Source: Egami.
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F7.1 at 70mm? That’s sloooow… It’ll probably be very compact because of that, but I don’t like the trend of making reasonably fast lenses at the wide end and very slow at the tele end ( Canon G1X, Sony RX100, new NEX pancake zoom ).
“I don’t know why Ricoh will maintain two different APS-C mirrorless system (Ricoh GXR and the Pentax).”
If they’re smart, they’ll make a GXR module with that new Pentax mount and unite the systems.
There is NO reason to unite the system as you said. first of all , the mount is going to be much deeper with the K mount
What they should do is use the Ricoh user interface on the pentax for users who want to use both
the reverse would be a step back
Harold
Wow this is a slowness record I think…
There are many reasons why both should co -exist
if pentax focuses on the zooms, Ricoh should bring more fixed focal lenses
a 1.9 or 2.0/40mm equivalent with the 16MP sensor of the Sony should be next
Harold
The speeds of the recent patents imply that the lenses are for the K-01-system as such slow lenses can be made to sink deeply inside the camera, thus to appear small.
The patent was filed in 2010, long before Ricoh bought Pentax. To assume anything about Ricohs plans from this would be a folly.
Looks to me like there will be one Ricoh system. Just different modulars. The first was the A12 with leica M mount. Hopefully the second is a new pentax K mount Sony 16 MP sony sensor. Or even better would be a full frame sensor with the K mount for the Ricoh system.
We are only seeing lenses, not a camera patent. And since Ricoh already has a system. It to me makes sense that a simple modular will be added to take these lenses.