Originally posted by Serkevan It's got ammo, just of a larger caliber than the camera was purportedly designed for.
There's a reason the D500 was the size of a D750 (and actually bigger than the K-1 lol).
Ok, let say it so: it is like modern artillery shooting ww2 ammo
Anyway, I wrote it in some other thread, but I feel like K-3 Mk III opened not new chapter in Pentax history but whole new book. It is sort of a restart for Pentax technology wise and they simply lack lenses that are as sophisticated as this camera and made to compliment it.
I do not think it is bad, and I think that Pentax needs time to design and produce new lens lineup made with new body and it tech in mind. And I can wait, I probably buy 60-250 before first airshow I want to visit. I would not mind if Pentax updated lens roadmap and laid out some plans but then I do not expect this.
But I will never agree that Pentax lineup for APS-C is great or complete. For everything before K-3 Mk III - yes. For K-3 Mk III it is pretty much empty. Only saving grace are Limiteds but I think those will be ok for a long, long time. But then they were never about being modern high-tech lenses.
Originally posted by zbrueningsen So what would you call ammo then?
I just assumed that every upgrade in AF from new flagships made the current AF lenses better.
AF in camera works better. But it wont speed up in-lens motors.
What I would call ammo? Hmm, it already has 16-50 PLM. So I would say equivalent mid and long telezooms. With PLM drive and if possible internal focusing. It simply needs modern, well corrected zooms with really, really fast drives and as small and light as possible.