Originally posted by Blue I'd like to see the FF camera when it comes out and the compliment of lenses that Pentax brings with it. Hell, it may not even support MF pka lenses. Then anyone with a $1000 or > manual focus lens bought in anticipation of it would be a goat. Pentax is no longer an across the board "legacy" compliant platform.
I never said there was anything wrong with using Zeiss on the current Pentax line-up and vintage film cameras but buying them for a camera that doesn't exist yet is just "funny" to me since we are talking about a company that some think is on borrowed time.
Edit: and what I was getting at with the Zeiss 18mm is that it is pretty damned slow for the money when compared to:
Yeah, can't see myself buying the 18 either, at least on paper. Even if it were great, for me it overlaps too closely the 25, but slower and without close focus. I'll try it though if my local retailer will carry it and post what the heck is the deal.
As for the borrowed time thought, it may be true for Pentax (although seemingly more unlikely these days) but its probably not true for Samsung. I invested conciously in the K-mount. Its win-win for me even without a FF camera though, there still is no better lenses for doing what
I do than these aside from some classic A*'s - but condition and price are questions there. Its gravy on the cake that I'll be able to continue to use my chosen tools on my chosen format in not-to-distant-future and well beyond, though I would never eat a cake with gravy on it.
Future Pentax FF lenses are still going to be SDM, AF with cost saving measures. Its not a knock just to knock it, its just the way it is. I love the K20, and I'd be curious to see how the new breed of SDM actually feels in MF use though and how generous the throws are considering the AF speed race. I don't see the goat thing though... hey, I would be ecstatic if Pentax would do a rerun of some A* classics for those willing to pay the premium for timeless quality and damped, precise manual helicoid focusing but only Cosina seems to be on that tip right now - and I'm all over it. I've strongly considered buying the NIB A50/1.2 at Matsuya, but the Voigtlander 58 was $200 less.
Ummm.. . what are we talking about again? Was it just the 18? Damn. I was rolling.