Originally posted by mcgregni I'm surprised that the market for the 'FF ready' lenses has not really taken off more. It's as if people don't actually believe Ricoh will do it ! Or are most contenders for the new body really going to be buying all the new glass As well ....?
I think many already have a good selection of FF primes. The zooms available, with a few exceptions, are mostly F and FA consumer zooms which might not produce so good on FF. They might, but it is unknown. So if you are dropping a lot of money on a new FF I would think you want good glass to go with it. Which is the FA Limited's, the F and FA primes and the F* and FA* lenses. And the new glass, at least for zooms.
Personally, I am good on primes. Zooms, the only Pro level FF ones available are the FA*28-70 f/2.8 and the FA*80-200 f/2.8 and those are very dated IMHO. For the price difference I will wait to see what the new glass looks like. And before I get flamed, I said dated not poor. They are excellent lenses but screwdrive and older coatings and powerzoom. I would rather look at the new glass.
You also have a few really nice consumer zooms like the F 35-70 but those are easy to find and not expensive. I suspect most people interested in FF already have a good collection of glass.