Originally posted by wmsnyder65 I think the K1 is a landscape photographers dream camera but I don't understand why Ricoh/Pentax does not offer more wide angle lens choices?
At the moment, Ricoh isn't offering very much by way of lens choices, period.
The K1, as the first full frame camera from Pentax in close to 2 decades, and the first full frame DSLR to be consumer available ever from Pentax (the MZ-D doesn't count, it was never sold to the public) means that Pentax/Ricoh has a job on their hands to flesh out the lens line. More zooms and more primes are needed. Unfortunately, since the market for interchangeable lens cameras is shrinking, and Pentax is a small market share brand, Ricoh isn't putting a lot of resources into creating a complete lens system.
They did a good job of getting the three zooms that cover 15mm to 450mm on the market fairly concurrent with the K1, but everything else is going to be a long, slow burn to market.
In the end, it comes down to the amount of resources Ricoh is willing to put into the brand considering that any investment stands a good chance of having a poor ROI.