Quote: This may sound like a broken record, but where would the Pentax FF lenses come from? They no longer make any zoom lenses that will work on FF. They would have to rely entirely on third party zoom lenses that are made for other mounts and hope they are converted to k eventually. Ned himself talked about the challenges with adding a FF lens to the lineup, and seemed to indicate it was not going to happen any time soon.
Where did Pentax APS-C lenses came from? Where were they when they released the *istD?
They built their lineup pieces by pieces and they have more FA and D-FA in their present lineup than they had DAs when they went digital.
Quote: Is it possible that Pentax has the resources to:
a) Continue the DA and DA* lines (and hopefully significantly improve the DA*'s)
b) create a new line of lenses for the 645 that is rumored to be released
c) Create another new line of zoom lenses that will work for FF?
Why not? If they have the resources to create a new line of 645D lenses and invest in the production hardware for such a limited market, why can't they invest at least to the same amount on a much bigger market?
On a side note, every FF lens that would be released would also be 100% compatible with their APS-C cameras so everyone would benefit from them, not only the one buying the FF camera: that's an even bigger market.
After all, why did they re-release a D-FA 100mm macro WR (which is a FF lens) instead of making it a 70mm macro WR dedicated to APS-C? It didn't appear to have shocked anyone and people are buying them to fit their APS-C cameras aren't they?
Quote: The only place Pentax is covered FF is the old FA primes and Limiteds.
Not such a bad place to start IMHO.
Quote: I still think FF is wishful thinking. Pentax seems to be spread thin enough as it is. It would be nice to see them focus on making the best APS-C cameras and lenses available.
Spread thin with only two current models...? I hope not!