Originally posted by Uluru We haven't had a lens announcement in 10 months for the K-mount. I personally don't care a bit about new Q-S1 and K-S1, but o boy, Ricoh, don't mess around with lenses. Is it possible a bigger lens announcement is due in few weeks?
It would be very disappointing to not get at least one new k-mount lens at Photokina, based on the road map and the length of time since the last k-mount lens announcement.
We can be optimistic and hope for several, such as the 16-85ish, and the 150-450ish and the 70-200ish on the road map. We might also reasonably expect new HD versions of the DA*16-50, DA*50-135 and DA*60-250. We might go further and look for a DA*12-28. We might, if optimism over takes reason, expect new versions of the FA 31, FA 43 and FA 77 with HD coatings and quick shift. There might be, if we allowed fancy to take form, be offerings in the lower cost line such as DA 24, or DA 85 or DA 135 to complement the existing DA 35 f/2.4 and DA 50 f/1.8. And, if our optimism took flight to regions rarely reached even in narcotic fueled dreams, expect a new line of '*' quality lenses with faster (not SDM) focusing motors, and HD coatings including both key zooms and a range of primes.
But if we get 1 or 2 good new lenses I suspect that will be more realistic and possible.