Originally posted by Ikarus You don't really believe that prices new and prices used have nothing to do with each other, do you?
True; used prices are already somewhat insane in many cases (look for older Tokina ATX-Pro glass, as a good example), and the used market will also adjust upwards if this isn't sorted soon.
Maybe less so for full manual lenses, but this is likely to have an impact on most of us not making $ from our pictures.
It may shift some from used -> Sigma or Tokina new, but it's unlikely to be of benefit to Pentax or pushing many new Pentax sales, of lenses or bodies, IMO.
I already had a tough call of DA* 6-250 or Tamron 70-200/2.8; without changes, Pentax has made that decision for me, and possibly made me consider just not making that purchase at all, if the performance/value equation makes me consider Nikon instead. Why throw more money at what looks like (right now) a worse value proposition than it was previously?