Originally posted by weave2d2 I am not trying to be a troll, I swear. I have a k5 and k20, with 21mm, 40mm, 70mm, 17-40, 16-45, 50-135, 50mm A, I guess that's it. Great stuff, although I feel the standard fast zoom is dodgy and too expensive. So to the point, people are excited (rabid) about the rumors of a Pentax full-frame. I guess I'm curious about it too, but I would view the lack of modern full-frame lenses as a massive weakness to the system, and i don't think I'd ever spend >$2000 for a full frame body without the availability of reasonable fast-ish modern (silent motor) wide lenses (24-28) ultra-wide zoom, fast-ish standard zoom, affordable fast portrait lens, fast-ish tele zoom, and a few others. Really none of these are available new, the used copies are old FA and silly expensive. I don't see any of these lenses on the future lens road-map. Who is going to buy a full-frame (rumored) Pentax except those who insist on shooting primes (31, 43, 71, 100 WR) or already own some older FA lenses and feel they're competitive with modern Nicanons? Nikon particularly has such massive availability of legacy lenses (relatively cheap due to easy availability) and the commitment to full-frame system build-out, and potentially a "cheap" full-frame body coming out this year, that I don't see why Pentax would enter that category. Again, not trying to be a troll AT ALL. I want to hear some opinions- the situation baffles me. Thanks for indulging me. -Adam
I'm not really sure I see the point of the question. Presumably part of the planning process for a full-frame camera would be the development of a set of appropriate lenses. As well, a FF body that functioned well with older K-mount lenses would be very atttractive to people like myself who already have those lenses.
It would be a rare act of corporate responsibility for Pentax to properly support legacy lenses rather than getting lost in the mindless consumer/ planned obsolescence ratrace.
Used intelligently, many older lenses are capable of excellent results. Of course, that requires the photographer to understand what he or she is doing beyond knowing which button to push for which vitally important "feature".
I can't compare older Pentax lenses with new Nkon or Canon ones. What I do know is that I can put many of my old lenses on a K20 and produce honking big sharp prints, which means that in absolute terms the lenses are pretty good. Not being a fully brainwashed consumer, that's what matters to me.
John