[wlachan]

Seeing as the relatively new 100mm macro is built as it is does make me wonder why they didn't slap the ltd label on it. Looks like it fits quite well into the category.

Maybe the new 100 macro looks just too silly with its "unfinished" design to deserve the LIMITED tag? I think there is too much empty space in the middle of the body and looks like a mockup design instead of a finished product.

Seriously though, I cannot think of anything else being compact and good not being covered already. Perhaps it is time for Pentax to get serious on optical design and offer us some truly awesome optics w/o the bulk and high price tags like Canon or Nikon.

[eurostar]

A 28/2 and a really compact 90/3,5 mm would complete the line-up of DA limiteds. And maybe something sitting between the 15 and the 21: 18/3,5 (28mm equivalent).

[apemen]

we have 70mm Ltd. 100 macro and a DA* 200mm.

so obviously we need -and I WANT - a limited lens like 135mm.
Since limiteds have odd focal length, it may be something like 120mm f/2.4 ?

[asdf]

we have 70mm Ltd. 100 macro and a DA* 200mm.

so obviously we need -and I WANT - a limited lens like 135mm.
Since limiteds have odd focal length, it may be something like 120mm f/2.4 ?

Better yet, make it 127, a Mersenne prime.

[dadipentak]

I think Pentax needs a prime in between 100-200mm.

Right, a DA*135mm f/2.8 would be nice (but I wouldn't buy one as long as my FA 135mm is still functional.)

[Jonson PL]

There has been some debate earlier, how one lens which might be expected, could be a 135 mm. One option for this could be in the form of a limited edition f/3.5. It would be a really compact prime, easy to fit in the bag.
Another possibility could be 150/4. Others might prefer a DA* version, like 135/2.


With the new Nikon 24/1.4 :
Nikon releases 24mm f/1.4 G ED fast wideangle lens: Digital Photography Review
I would also like to see such a lens, or a Pentax 20/1.4. A price estimate would be 1.600 – 1.900 $.


Else a DA* 18/2 wouldn’t be a bad idea either.

So pleeeeeeeeeeeease Pentax build ring USM (SDM)!!

I dont need that. But I think we all loose a lot of Pentax friends. Think about all the money Pentax misses because a lot of people buy Sigma and Tamron 70-200 2.8.

I can't remember, are the Sigma and Tamron version in Pentax mount, ring type sonic lens ?

[GeneV]

A fast, reasonably compact prime in the 17-18mm range would be useful. (There is no replacement for film's workhorse 28/2.8) Also, a 10-12mm ultrawide prime would be welcome.

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[hs57]

The "smc Pentax D FA 100mm/2.8 WR Macro"
is a lovely lens, in the usual feel and quality of Limited Lenses.
It is almost a Limited Lens, with finest optical and mechanical quality,
and has the seal (WR) compared to the Limited Objective.

LG
Hartmut

[wallyb]

A fast, reasonably compact prime in the 17-18mm range would be useful. (There is no replacement for film's workhorse 28/2.8) Also, a 10-12mm ultrawide prime would be welcome.

I still think the 17-18mm fast lens category is filled perfectly by the 15/4 and 14/2.8. Anything faster than the 15 would be big like the 14, and anything smaller than the 14 would be slow like the 15.

But a 10/5 rectilinear pancake or something like that would be perfect.

[GeneV]

I still think the 17-18mm fast lens category is filled perfectly by the 15/4 and 14/2.8. Anything faster than the 15 would be big like the 14, and anything smaller than the 14 would be slow like the 15.

But a 10/5 rectilinear pancake or something like that would be perfect.

I enjoy the 15 very much, but For me, 14-15 is not 17-18, it certainly does not fill that slot "perfectly." A difference in FOV of about ten degrees is significant to me. But then, I tended not to use a 24mm on film. The 65 degree FOV has been popular in all film formats.

[wallyb]

I enjoy the 15 very much, but For me, 14-15 is not 17-18, it certainly does not fill that slot "perfectly." A difference in FOV of about ten degrees is significant to me. But then, I tended not to use a 24mm on film. The 65 degree FOV has been popular in all film formats.

It is a positive difference of degrees; i.e, the lens you want is longer than the ones that exist and not shorter. You can just crop down and get the same image you would out of a 17/18mm lens. It's just like asking Pentax to make a 23mm, 45mm, or 79mm Ltd lens. It wouldn't be worth it to anyone to put a large amount of effort into making such a similar lens.

[Bernard Yeo]

I'll love to have a DA 1:2.8 135mm Limited!

[GeneV]

It is a positive difference of degrees; i.e, the lens you want is longer than the ones that exist and not shorter. You can just crop down and get the same image you would out of a 17/18mm lens. It's just like asking Pentax to make a 23mm, 45mm, or 79mm Ltd lens. It wouldn't be worth it to anyone to put a large amount of effort into making such a similar lens.

Well, not worth it to you, but I'd like to use my pixels, thank you. If it is a matter of cropping we could all shoot everything with the 15 and crop it down. Why make a 21? In addition, I doubt they could make a compact 15 at F/2.8, but they definitely could make a small 17-18/2.8, because others do.

No, it is not too much to ask Pentax to make a lens that is the equivalent of one of the most popular film lenses on the planet. Nikon and even Olympus does it, and neither costs any more than a DA series lens.

But I do get that you won't be buying it.

[wallyb]

Well, not worth it to you, but I'd like to use my pixels, thank you.

Your couple thousand pixels out of tens of millions? It's a very small difference. If you resize your image for, example, posting on the web or printing, you won't notice any difference. And you're welcome, but I don't know what you thanked me for.

If it is a matter of cropping we could all shoot everything with the 15 and crop it down. Why make a 21?

That is ridiculous hyperbole and unnecessary. I'm talking about a difference of two to three millimeters in focal length between a lens that exists and a lens you want. Not any more.

In addition, I doubt they could make a compact 15 at F/2.8, but they definitely could make a small 17-18/2.8, because others do.

Who "others"? Nikon's 18/2.8 is huge compared to the Pentax 15/4. Olympus' is pretty compact but only covers a 4/3 sized image circle and acts like a 35/2.8.

No, it is not too much to ask Pentax to make a lens that is the equivalent of one of the most popular film lenses on the planet. Nikon and even Olympus does it, and neither costs any more than a DA series lens.

But I do get that you won't be buying it.

As pointed out above, no, they don't do it. And there's no reason I wouldn't buy one, other than the fact that it will never exist.

[GeneV]

Your couple thousand pixels out of tens of millions? It's a very small difference. If you resize your image for, example, posting on the web or printing, you won't notice any difference. And you're welcome, but I don't know what you thanked me for.

That is ridiculous hyperbole and unnecessary. I'm talking about a difference of two to three millimeters in focal length between a lens that exists and a lens you want. Not any more.

Who "others"? Nikon's 18/2.8 is huge compared to the Pentax 15/4. Olympus' is pretty compact but only covers a 4/3 sized image circle and acts like a 35/2.8.

As pointed out above, no, they don't do it. And there's no reason I wouldn't buy one, other than the fact that it will never exist.

Do the math and tell me that the difference between 15mm and 21mm is in fact a couple of thousand pixels out of the "tens" of millions in my sensor, then I will accept the award for ridiculous hyperbole. That is the gap right now in the wide area--not two or three milimeters, but 6, and those millimeters are valuable real estate in this territory. The next lens after the 15mm is 40% longer and about 22 degrees narrower. Adding an 18 keeps the crop to no more than the 3mm which you cogently argue to be acceptable, not to mention that it would be nice to get a decent max aperture somewhere between 31 and 14.

Most of the lenses people ask for here won't exist. In reality, Pentax will probably just add third or fourth much-needed ~50mm or ~35mm to the line.