Originally posted by Winder Looking at the size of the D-FA* 70-200mm I get the feeling Rioch is moving away from the compact system and going for speed. I think the people who bought into the system for its size will be disappointed, but its going to be hard for DSLRs to compete with that model against mirrorless systems like Fuji. I'm guessing we see bigger, faster, & more expensive. D-FA* 85mm F/1.8, D-FA* 135mm F/1.8, A 50mm F/1.2.....
Seems that way, certainly the 150-450 and 70-200 are not smaller or lighter than the competition. Would be nice to see those primes again as well but I wonder what the volume on those would be now compared to back when. Perhaps intentional differentiation between APS-C and FF? If you want the "small, but not fast" limited primes you go APS-C. If you want pro, fast and big & heavy you go FF.
I would really, really like to see the specs for the 24-70, I think that will be a deciding factor for me. I keep going back & forth, I want FF (not sure why) but not sure I want the weight penalty over the k-3. If the 24-70 is comparable to the DA*16-50 I'm OK with that but much heavier and I think maybe I stay with the k-3II for now.
If the only way we get FF is to leave the Pentax DNA behind I guess Kenspo's "some will be disappointed" might ring true.