An exciting addition to the Pentax FF lens line-up and a reason to celebrate, both the fact of a new FF lens and what it will likely offer.
But it also confirms me in sticking with my APS-C system. Seriously, for that kind of money - which may be well justified in the FF context, I don't doubt that for a second - I would get the mother of all APS-C wideangle zooms, the DA*11-18, or two to three of the existing DA Limiteds brandnew
, to say nothing of the bulk and weight of an equivalent FL kit. (Not that I would have that kind of photo budget without serious and prolonged saving anyway.)
Mind you, before I'm ripped apart, not begrudging anybody anything, just thinking aloud. May the new FA Limited find many friends and help creating enough revenue to help Ricoh with renovating and further enhancing their APS-C line-up too. There are quite a few old-SDM corpses to replace, which is why the new DA*16-50 is so welcome, and the DA Limited primes could use a WR do-up too.
(I know that I'm complaining from a position of comfort, with all that we already have, but we're entitled to our various dreams, aren't we?)