I've been having a bit of fun playing with my manual lenses, the Q, and a non-aperture adjusting adapter whilst waiting for an adapter to use with my 55-300 zoom. Adapting these lenses for the long reach was the reason for buying the Q but when it arrived and I saw just how small it was I thought about how useful it might be to us it as (I thought) it was intended. My expectations were clearly not in line with Pentax's intentions.
One prime lens. One. Just one.
By introducing the Q with a prime lens I don't think it unreasonable for people to expect there would be more prime lenses to come. At least two more, anyway. Alas, three years later, no other primes of been introduced. I have begun to think that something happened (lack of sales and a need to cut their R&D losses as best they can - with zooms) over the past three years to have completely changed "the roadmap" that I've seen mentioned on several occasions.
The body will indeed work for the initial reason I bought it, but it is frustrating to know how much more use I could have out of such a small camera but for want of a wide and telephoto prime. the lack of a medium telephoto on such an unobtrusive body is, to me, the most egregious omission. Fixed aperture toy lenses, whilst maybe eliciting fond, nostalgic, memories of fixed aperture Instamatics of the 60's and 70's just aren't the same as proper primes. For want of two lenses, one in particular for me, this camera is, IMO, a textbook example of failed potential.
I know, its a pointless rant. It's been bothering me, however, and I just wanted to vent.
Accept it as it is, not as it was supposed to be, right?
Last edited by MD Optofonik; 08-08-2014 at 11:56 PM.