Originally posted by Wheatfield Look at the lens lineup of ANY of the other camera manufacturers. It might give you a hint.
So Pentax cover FL that the other manufacturers cover? I thought the D-FA line up so far covered from 15mm to 450mm. But may be you know shoot more outside of those FLs then.
Originally posted by Wheatfield Umm, no, they have one rather mundane 50mm lens that was introduced 16 years ago and a 50mm macro.
That does not count as a "plethora", it is what is known as a "couple" (as in two), presuming the conversation is still about full frame.
Plethora = K50/1.2, M50/1.4, M50/1.7, A50/1.7, F50/1.7, K55/f2, K50/4 macro, A50/2.8 Macro, F50/2.8 macro, DA50/1.8, presuming our conversation is still full frame. And I did not count the mundane ones that you mentioned and I am sure I missed all the Taks. DA*55/1.4 is another stellar lens which is also a classic 85/1.4 FOV on APS-C is another well thought out lens. And I actually have all of them and use them on K-1 pretty easily (20 year old or not) and get results that I love. But I may be wrong with the plethora definition.
Originally posted by Wheatfield You may not like a new 50mm lens, but it is, at least, a start.
It is not the start.. they made 50s ever since. So I wonder what is this D-FA*50 going to bring to the table besides the ring motor and * optics (innovation I agree).
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Originally posted by Wheatfield 15, 20, 24, 28, 35, 50, 85, 105 (non macro), 135, 200, 300, 400.
D-FA15-30, D-FA28-105, D-FA24-70, D-FA70-200, D-FA150-450 cover all the FLs you mentioned.
Besides DA*200/f2.8, DA*300/f4 are FF lenses.
If we are strictly talking primes then 85 and an additional 50 are coming. Although I would have liked a 15 or 20, or 24 to come first but then D-FA15-30 has it already and is a stellar wide angle lens.