The end of the current DA line is upon us. What will be added to the next gen lens line that would progress the K mount?
This is the missing piece to the puzzle I believe.
My speculation is that they will follow Panasonic and have stepless aperture lenses that will smoothly transition between dark to light scenes when panning in a video. I don't think all lenses will have this but they could still build this into the K mount for a video-specific series of lenses. It depends on how serious they are about the video market.
Thats my .02
Has anyone else thought about the new lens line?
All weather seals?
New focus methods?
Edited: This was the translation from the lens conversation with a pentax exec in a recent interview.
レンズに関しては予定がずれ込んだことで消えただけです。企画案から消えてしまったというだけで、いずれ出すという計画には変わりはありません」という点は強調している。その背景はというと、どうやらK20Dと同価格帯の新モデル(と書けばわかるだろうが、どうやら後継機ではないようだ)の登場に合わせ、新ボディの特徴を活かすために“スタンダードのDAレンズ”に仕様変更を加えるためだという。「登場すればすぐにわかってもらえるものなので、まずは楽しみに待っていてください」(川内氏)
translation:
PENTAX has revised to the plans of standard DA lenses, because it will need to adapt with a new DSLR system that like a K20D's price level. (Mr. Honda did an annotation: so this way wrote, which everybody would understand? Anyway, it does not look like a direct successor from K20D).
It is said that: "In order to play better of the advantages as the new DSLR, that the DA lenses plan must to be changed ".
Mr. Kawauchi said: " Once that new camera appear, which you would instantly know the whole reason. Please waits. "
And so i waits.
Last edited by Slugger; 05-03-2009 at 04:34 PM.