Originally posted by boriscleto I don't see Pentax releasing anything other than low end DA consumer lenses for years to come. Now that the DA Limiteds are HD all efforts will be on D FA lenses. The DA * lenses might get the HD treatment.
Paul the Sunman made a good point. Ricoh will be selling
far more APS-C cameras and lenses than FF ones for years.
But I agree with you that probably few if any new
top-end APS-C lenses will be developed. I've been wondering myself about the fate of the DA* lenses. I think they could benefit from not only the HD treatment, but perhaps also motor-upgrades.
Or ...
The DA* 55mm f/1.4, DA* 200mm f/2.8, and the DA* 300mm f/4, all cover an FF field. The DA* 60-250mm f/4 comes very close, just suffering some softness and/or vignetting at wide apertures.
Perhaps they should be upgraded and released as D-FA lenses?