It looks a fair bit less retro than previous limiteds. Perhaps it's the focus motors that force the more fuselage like aesthetics. Like a limited some one kept in their mouth for to long and it got smooth like a piece of candy.
It seems Pentax often attempt to steer the conversation towards the strength of the gear. Which makes one wonder about the weaknesses.
This lens seems to be made for me
lets just hope they don't milk the limited branding with a exaggerated price. These days even the cheap chinese lenses feature limited like build quality, perhaphs the cost implications aren't that huge anymore. If limiteds could find a more reasonable price/performance ratio the line could become a great asset. A lens like the one shown is never going to be cheap but as I said it's the ratio that matters.
Shooting more non limited primes on FF I've come to realize just how important built in hoods are for a nice prime based lifestyle. Fiddling with a separate hood makes changing lenses at least three times as cumbersome.