Originally posted by yeatzee If its F/2.4 I'd consider it a failure IMO...
C'mon pentax, a 35mm as slow as that? Why????? Thats just plain stupid.
They have the FA 35mm F/2 ready to go, all it needs is a new body and they would have sold thousands upon thousands assuming the price was right (this $400+ BS with the used FA's is pretty irritating).
Fully agree on this.
Producing a lens of 35mm focal length that is f/2 or faster is not something new. Heck Sony just announced a 35mm f/1.8, so why can't Pentax?
Originally posted by TOUGEFC take a look at the da40, thats a 2.8 and its one if the most sold lens today.
Well the DA 40mm Limited is a fine lens and it sells a lot because it is the cheapest DA Limited and because of the novelty of being very compact. But once one gets over the novelty of small size, the limitations of a prime lens of f/2.8 maximum aperture are pretty obvious.
To me it is stupid for Pentax to continue to churn out DA series lenses that are not faster than the current f/2.4 found on the DA 70mm Limited. The novelty of compact size for the DA range of prime lenses wears thin pretty quickly when you realize that there are already f/2.8 zoom lenses and when you need a maximum aperture that's faster that what a good zoom can offer. Having f/2.4 or f/2.8 for a dedicated prime lens just doesn't cut it imo. Where is the speed advantage in terms of maximum aperture?