Originally posted by Arpe How can the time not be "right" now when there isn't one on the market right now?
I get the impression Pentax has decided not to put anything on the roadmap unless it si very close to being launched. They probably want to avoid people sitting and waiting for future lenses rather than buying what is available today. I would think that can be a good policy, but I can't see the advantage of not telling the market of a TC. A likely problem could be they now have this new policy, and it gets applied for everything.
From another viewpoint the time is not right as well. There is a small percentage of Pentax uses active at forums like this, but a majority of users do not even know what a TC is. I have several advanced amatuer Canikon friends, and none of them have TCs, even though they are available.
Better zooms have reduced the need for TCs. I am not very fond of zooms and prefer primes, but I don't know anyone else like that. And most people I know shoot Nikon, and there you can't afford to shoot primes as an amateur (or if you have too much money of course). For me a 1.4 would not be interesting enough I think, I would want a 2.0. I have the FA*85, DA*200 and DA*300, and with a 2.0 I would get 85,170,200,300,400,600. This is what I want (need?) But unfortunately I realise Pentax would sell very few, maybe only a couple of tenths here in Sweden, but my gut feel is they would sell even less with a 1.4, but that is of course based on my own perspective on things.