Originally posted by mecrox Yes, the grass is forever greener, but I think the point being made is also that if one outfit falls too far behind the curve, it is more likely to peg out and cease trading because not enough customers buy its products anymore. So some folks anyway are naturally worried that lack of activity from their favourite brand presages worse to come. In addition, playing the numbers game with Pentax lenses doesn't work. Many folks don't want film-era or screwdrive lenses, they want good modern versions of those classic focal lengths - but few of those are out in K-mount. Not one is yet out for the K1 FF portfolio. And why should they not want them. It's quite normal to want a good modern lens for a good modern camera and many other brands already have them. There's no need for fuss but there clearly is a need for Pentax to get their skates on with good modern primes for modern FF.
Those seeking good modern primes as opposed to lenses that actually do what they want them to do at a size they can handle are no doubt a part of the market. That Pentax needs to accelerate their lens releases to cater to the "I have to replace my lenses every five years so I have something modern" crowd is really just speculation. Sure that may be part of the market. It's actually really small part of the market. My guess would be that the vast najoiryt of the forum hasn't graduated beyond the 18-50 and the 55-300 PLM for modern glass. And that the majority of 18-55 user didn't upgrade to the 18-50, or that most 55-300 users upgraded to the PLM.
It's always interesting people speculate on what others want.
SO tell me mecrox, if Pentax miraculously pulled all the lenses you desire out of hat and you could buy them all, and they are expensive, how much money would you drop tomorrow on them? I, and most people haven't bought a 55 1.4. have you? You know, modern, silent focus, 1.4.
My point being, just because folks come on the forum and whine and cry about wanting this or that, doesn't mean they'd actually buy it. To the contrary, i's much easier to whine about lenses that aren't there than it is to actually buy them when they come out. I suspect you are just inventing all these people who have to have modern, built in electrical motor glass. Sure some of them exist, but they are probably insignificant in the over all scheme of things. Most people are a lot more practical, and see thing that go beyond basic image taking to be un-necessary frills.
I had to go put my new DFA 100 macro on the camera to check and see if it was screw drive in response to a thread. I don't care and I didn't notice. Who are these "modern DC lenses only" snobs you talk about? Are you one of them?
The forum would be a much more "real" place if people stopped posting the opinions of people who exist only in their imaginations.