[normhead]

Who are these people who can tell who's using a prime and who's using a zoom?

In this poll only 18% of the participants identified the prime, which is pretty much the same as a random guess.
35mm find that prime. - Page 2 - PentaxForums.com

If someone has some information that shows people can pick out primes I'd love to see it, but until they do that, I'm going with the best evidence I have, which is this poll, and it's logical conclusion that people can't tell the difference.

[reh321]

It is easy to discern which 'photographer' grew up with zooms, and which photographer grew up using the proven 35 and 50 methods.

Exactly how do you presume to differentiate between those two types of photographer?? {I want to apply the test to me}

[Doundounba]

D-FA* 50mm F/1.4 coming

[pres589]

... It is easy to discern which 'photographer' grew up with zooms, and which photographer grew up using the proven 35 and 50 methods.

Pfft lol whatever.

[Uluru]

But if 50mm and 35mm back in the day on film where the best lens for what your eye sees and natural look of fov...How come they are still making 35mm and 50mm apsc lenses. Why not shift to only making 24mm & I guess 34/35mm apsc to replicate the 35 & 50mm film era.
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Fujifilm has 23mm lens for their X-system; it was one of first lenses they developed.
All Fujifilm's X100 cameras are too based on the 23mm lens.
Leica too has 23 mm lenses for their APS-C mirrorless cameras. Their fixed lens cameras (X1, X2, X-Typ) have 23 or 24mm lenses. Leica's 35mm lenses for the M system are legendary.
Nikon has — five! — 24mm lenses, all in production. Plenty to choose from for use on crop cameras. Nikon also has five 35mm lenses.
Olympus and Panasonic both have 17mm lenses for their m4/3 system.
Etc.

I wish to say that it would be good if Pentax develops such lenses for their users. 24mm and 35mm are truly necessary for both FF and crop, and I hope Ricoh will finally deliver them — first time ever for Pentax in digital age.

[RobA_Oz]

D-FA* 50mm F/1.4 coming

If this reference design is carried through to production model, it confirms that the 35FF lenses are not going to reflect the signature small size of the APS-C lenses.

[Glorfindelrb]

And it's ok for the DFA* series to put IQ before compactness. Just hope that the limited series will be updated next but this is a 2018/2019 question.

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[pres589]

Fujifilm has 23mm lens for their X-system; it was one of first lenses they developed.
All Fujifilm's X100 cameras are too based on the 23mm lens.
Leica too has 23 mm lenses for their APS-C mirrorless cameras. Their fixed lens cameras (X1, X2, X-Typ) have 23 or 24mm lenses. Leica's 35mm lenses for the M system are legendary.
Nikon has — five! — 24mm lenses, all in production. Plenty to choose from for use on crop cameras. Nikon also has five 35mm lenses.
Olympus and Panasonic both have 17mm lenses for their m4/3 system.
Etc.

I wish to say that it would be good if Pentax develops such lenses for their users. 24mm and 35mm are truly necessary for both FF and crop, and I hope Ricoh will finally deliver them — first time ever for Pentax in digital age.

This has bothered me as well. That the FA 28 f2.8 was taken out of production along with the FA* 24 f2.0, without replacement, baffles me while other FA and FA Ltd's have continued to be produced. Especially when considering how useful those focal lengths are on a crop body.

[thibs]

If this reference design is carried through to production model, it confirms that the 35FF lenses are not going to reflect the signature small size of the APS-C lenses.

It may too but only after *-kind of lenses IMO.

[shardulm]

This has bothered me as well. That the FA 28 f2.8 was taken out of production along with the FA* 24 f2.0, without replacement, baffles me while other FA and FA Ltd's have continued to be produced. Especially when considering how useful those focal lengths are on a crop body.

because they are up next in Pentax's production line. The 24 for sure.

[pres589]

because they are up next in Pentax's production line. The 24 for sure.

Do we have confirmation that it's a 24 and not a 28 or something else again? Either or between, it all sounds good to me, as long as my K-5 II can drive the thing (meaning not KAF4). *for me*; for the good of the brand, KAF4 might be a better way to do this lens as well. Very curious what they show up with over the year.

[shardulm]

Do we have confirmation that it's a 24 and not a 28 or something else again

@Kenspo would know this already.. or he may be testing one right now.

@Kenspo how many spokes do we have in the wheel? 24 or 28? <- Answering this question should be ok I am thinking.

[Uluru]

@Kenspo would know this already.. or he may be testing one right now.

This is the joke of the week.

[mee]

@Kenspo would know this already.. or he may be testing one right now.

@Kenspo how many spokes do we have in the wheel? 24 or 28? <- Answering this question should be ok I am thinking.

Give it up. You're just going to get him in trouble.. and this is his JOB we're talking about.

[LeRolls]

If you had your choice, what lens would you like Pentax to introduce for the kind of portait work you do?

I've always been a little jealous of Canon's 135 f/2 so something similar from Pentax would be a welcome surprise. Other than that I am quite happy with the 85.

I would however like to jump back into landscapes though so a wide angle prime that had the same kind of magic as the DA15 but for full frame would also put a big smile on my face.