Originally posted by rparmar Call that an attack? Get a grip. You threw the first stone by saying...
Saying what? That those who don't agree are necessarily bad photographers?
Originally posted by rparmar Forget slow zooms.
I suppose Pentax wants us to move from slow zooms to slow primes?
Originally posted by rparmar All product releases are the result of marketing decisions so what the heck is your point?
The point is the user didn't benefit from that decision. A 35mm f/1.8 is the benchmark set by the competition. I would have accepted more easily a 30mm f/2.4 which would have almost no competition.
Now people try to rationalize saying that:
- it's stabilized. OK but so is the Sony. And stabilization doesn't fix everything, when shooting human you try to stay at 1/60s or above, if you shoot non moving subjects a tripod is much better anyway.
- it will be very good wide open. Guess what, the Nikon 35/1.8 and the old Pentax 35/2 are all very good wide open, I don't expect miracles here.
Let's stop making excuses for poor Hoya decisions. f/2.4 is not what we wanted. Do a poll and see how many people will prefer the f/2.4 vs the f/1.8.
And if it's true that it's the same design as the FA 35 it's even more shameful that they crippled it by half a stop.