Any New Primes coming this year??

Shanti · 01-29-2017, 08:48 PM

Just a 20 -24mm F2-2.8 for about $6-700 will be fine ..ready to buy in March

Uluru · 01-29-2017, 11:57 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Mistral75

Plural, so more than one. Keep on that way, kenspo!

Even bats in the attic know it already:
˙ƃuıɥʇou sʍouʞ odsuǝʞ

And even the smudged mirrors in the long hallways of Pentax Forums know it too:
namihasA swonk gnihton.

cali92rs · 01-30-2017, 12:21 AM

I guess i am in the minority...I have all I want.
But a 24-105mm f4 WR would be nice for travel and poor weather :P
Ok, that was off topic my bad.
Before I bought a Leitax'd Zeiss 21mm, i wouldve plunked down good money on a DFA 20mm f4.

**Digitalis** · 01-30-2017, 12:27 AM

Originally posted by mee

think showing off a list of gear can be a bit prideful

I wouldn't ever post mine, as you would never hear the end of it... literally.

kenspo · 01-30-2017, 01:14 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by Uluru

˙ƃuıɥʇou sʍouʞ odsuǝʞ.

I dont? Good thing you could tell me then! No point in meeting Ricoh more either then! Thank you for saving me from wasting any more time!

gazonk · 01-30-2017, 01:22 AM

Originally posted by shardulm

Honestly we so dearly need DA15/f4's big brother that performs just as good with no HD coatings.

I like the DA15, but I would prefer an "easier" lens, the DA15 is often difficult to work with due to its extremely curved focus field.

aurele · 01-30-2017, 02:41 AM

Originally posted by pres589

I don't see anyone handing over $900 real monies for an f2 DFA 28mm.

Originally posted by Digitalis

f it was an updated AF re-make of the SMC-K 28mm f/2 "Hollywood" lens* the price could well be over that, but it would be worth it.

*which is basically a Zeiss 28mm Distagon in Pentax drag.

Considering the Zeiss is 1,200$ at B&H we can assume the Pentax drag would be at least as expensive ...

beholder3 · 01-30-2017, 02:50 AM

I'd Love to See a 24mm f2.8 Lens ich its really compact. This and the 77 are all it needs.

D1N0 · 01-30-2017, 04:09 AM

Originally posted by beholder3

I'd Love to See a 24mm f2.8 Lens ich its really compact. This and the 77 are all it needs.

Pentax 24mm lenses have never been very compact because of the 9 lens elements. Olympus managed to make a smaller one by a centimeter:

No AF and a modern won't have a screw drive, so it'll be larger still.

beholder3 · 01-30-2017, 05:19 AM

Originally posted by D1N0

Pentax 24mm lenses have never been very compact because of the 9 lens elements. Olympus managed to make a smaller one by a centimeter:

No AF and a modern won't have a screw drive, so it'll be larger still.

You are right about Pentax 24's in the past but obviously this is not any fixed rule for the future. The M 20/4 was practically a pancake, so if it just takes F4 to make it small I would have no issue at all, to the contrary I'd be a very happy buyer. And the Pentax 28s are small enough to make me happy. It's just that I'm not a 28mm fan the same as I am not a 50mm fan. It's all just about (my) cerebral issues.

**sibyrnes** · 01-30-2017, 05:41 AM

I would be very happy to see a new FDA 20mm f4 for around $400.00.

D1N0 · 01-30-2017, 06:29 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by sibyrnes

a new FDA 20mm f4

Dat would be dope

beholder3 · 01-30-2017, 06:48 AM

Originally posted by sibyrnes

I would be very happy to see a new FDA 20mm f4 for around $400.00.

I would be happy to see a 8-600mm F1 lens for $100.

The Canon 20mm F2.8 prime started at 700 EUR way back in 2002. How much yen depreciation and general inflation in the last 15 years is worth anybody can speculate.

I expect the new DFA primes between $700-$1200 if their are not extremely fast lenses, which would make them way more expensive.

bobmaxja · 01-30-2017, 07:04 AM

Good that peoples are finally putting price regarding their dream. As we can see now, most of them are not real.

Mistral75 · 01-30-2017, 07:14 AM

To dissipate some illusions concerning the possible price of an HD Pentax-D FA 50mm f/1.4 DC WR, here below the street prices of the latest 24x36 f/1.4 standard lenses launched by various manufacturers:

- Samyang 50mm f/1.4 AS UMC: €400
- Samyang 50mm f/1.4 AF (Sony E): €600
- Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art: €750
- Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4 ZE/ZF.2: €1,150
- Sony Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 SSM ZA (Sony A): €1,350
- Nikon AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G: €1,800
- Sony Zeiss Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA (Sony E): €1,800.

My personal guess for the Large Aperture Standard Single Focus lens on the D FA roadmap is: more than $/€1,000 if f/1.4, more than $/€1,500 if f/1.2.

I don't believe it to be f/1.2 though. Pentax need lenses that sell, not lenses that make people dream.

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01-29-2017, 08:48 PM	#91
Shanti Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Western Denmark Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 927 Original Poster	Just a 20 -24mm F2-2.8 for about $6-700 will be fine ..ready to buy in March

01-29-2017, 11:57 PM - 1 Like	#92
Uluru Banned Join Date: May 2010 Location: Back to my Walkabout Creek Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,535	Originally posted by Mistral75 Plural, so more than one. Keep on that way, *kenspo*! Even bats in the attic know it already: ˙ƃuıɥʇou sʍouʞ odsuǝʞ And even the smudged mirrors in the long hallways of Pentax Forums know it too: namihasA swonk gnihton.

01-30-2017, 12:21 AM	#93
cali92rs Veteran Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 3,354	I guess i am in the minority...I have all I want. But a 24-105mm f4 WR would be nice for travel and poor weather :P Ok, that was off topic my bad. Before I bought a Leitax'd Zeiss 21mm, i wouldve plunked down good money on a DFA 20mm f4.

01-30-2017, 12:27 AM	#94
Digitalis Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,694	Originally posted by mee think showing off a list of gear can be a bit prideful I wouldn't ever post mine, as you would never hear the end of it... literally.

01-30-2017, 01:14 AM - 3 Likes	#95
kenspo Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oslo Posts: 2,207	Originally posted by Uluru ˙ƃuıɥʇou sʍouʞ odsuǝʞ. I dont? Good thing you could tell me then! No point in meeting Ricoh more either then! Thank you for saving me from wasting any more time!

01-30-2017, 01:22 AM	#96
gazonk Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oslo area, Norway Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,746	Originally posted by shardulm Honestly we so dearly need DA15/f4's big brother that performs just as good with no HD coatings. I like the DA15, but I would prefer an "easier" lens, the DA15 is often difficult to work with due to its extremely curved focus field.

01-30-2017, 02:41 AM	#97
aurele Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Paris, France Photos: Albums Posts: 3,217	Originally posted by pres589 I don't see anyone handing over $900 real monies for an f2 DFA 28mm. Originally posted by Digitalis f it was an updated AF re-make of the SMC-K 28mm f/2 "Hollywood" lens* the price could well be over that, but it would be worth it. *which is basically a Zeiss 28mm Distagon in Pentax drag. Considering the Zeiss is 1,200$ at B&H we can assume the Pentax drag would be at least as expensive ...

01-30-2017, 02:50 AM	#98
beholder3 Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,112	I'd Love to See a 24mm f2.8 Lens ich its really compact. This and the 77 are all it needs.

01-30-2017, 04:09 AM	#99
D1N0 Pentaxian Join Date: May 2012 Location: --- Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,802	Originally posted by beholder3 I'd Love to See a 24mm f2.8 Lens ich its really compact. This and the 77 are all it needs. Pentax 24mm lenses have never been very compact because of the 9 lens elements. Olympus managed to make a smaller one by a centimeter: No AF and a modern won't have a screw drive, so it'll be larger still.

01-30-2017, 05:19 AM	#100
beholder3 Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,112	Originally posted by D1N0 Pentax 24mm lenses have never been very compact because of the 9 lens elements. Olympus managed to make a smaller one by a centimeter: No AF and a modern won't have a screw drive, so it'll be larger still. You are right about Pentax 24's in the past but obviously this is not any fixed rule for the future. The M 20/4 was practically a pancake, so if it just takes F4 to make it small I would have no issue at all, to the contrary I'd be a very happy buyer. And the Pentax 28s are small enough to make me happy. It's just that I'm not a 28mm fan the same as I am not a 50mm fan. It's all just about (my) cerebral issues.

01-30-2017, 05:41 AM	#101
sibyrnes Site Supporter Join Date: May 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 447	I would be very happy to see a new FDA 20mm f4 for around $400.00.

01-30-2017, 06:29 AM - 1 Like	#102
D1N0 Pentaxian Join Date: May 2012 Location: --- Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,802	Originally posted by sibyrnes a new FDA 20mm f4 Dat would be dope

01-30-2017, 06:48 AM	#103
beholder3 Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,112	Originally posted by sibyrnes I would be very happy to see a new FDA 20mm f4 for around $400.00. I would be happy to see a 8-600mm F1 lens for $100. The Canon 20mm F2.8 prime started at 700 EUR way back in 2002. How much yen depreciation and general inflation in the last 15 years is worth anybody can speculate. I expect the new DFA primes between $700-$1200 if their are not extremely fast lenses, which would make them way more expensive.

01-30-2017, 07:04 AM	#104
bobmaxja Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Laval, Quebec Canada Posts: 2,171	Good that peoples are finally putting price regarding their dream. As we can see now, most of them are not real.

01-30-2017, 07:14 AM	#105
Mistral75 Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Paris, France Posts: 7,527	To dissipate some illusions concerning the possible price of an HD Pentax-D FA 50mm f/1.4 DC WR, here below the street prices of the latest 24x36 f/1.4 standard lenses launched by various manufacturers: - Samyang 50mm f/1.4 AS UMC: €400 - Samyang 50mm f/1.4 AF (Sony E): €600 - Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art: €750 - Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4 ZE/ZF.2: €1,150 - Sony Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 SSM ZA (Sony A): €1,350 - Nikon AF-S Nikkor 58mm f/1.4G: €1,800 - Sony Zeiss Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA (Sony E): €1,800. My personal guess for the Large Aperture Standard Single Focus lens on the D FA roadmap is: more than $/€1,000 if f/1.4, more than $/€1,500 if f/1.2. I don't believe it to be f/1.2 though. Pentax need lenses that sell, not lenses that make people dream.