Originally posted by Tom Marvel Just a random question:
Does anybody know if Pentax/Ricoh ever really intends to release new and/or updated lenses for the 645z?
I would be first in line for an updated for digital 80-160 zoom with image stabilization
I mean: Just take my money now
Pentax is in a bit of a pickle right now tending to three different sensor formats, and chose to dial down their medium format efforts to cope with full-frame demand.
At this point in time we really can't do much but put together wish-lists and speculate on what they're going to do, but I really do wish they'd hurry up, the 645 system is capable of so much and is being stymied by a lack of world-class lenses to get it to really kick ass.
25mm discontinued? Fine, but make something better like a tilt/shift next time, or go slightly wider not to draw comparisons to the 28-45.
No 100 or 110mm f2 lens. There really needs to be a fast, but not too long portrait lens.
No modernized zooms. The 45-80 and 80-160 are nice, but at f/4.5 they're way too slow to use effectively without stabilization and could be sharper. They ought to extend the focal range of the telephoto to at least 200mmbas well, perhaps make a 45-100mm and 100-200mm zoom? Seems like a much more useful range combination to me.
And of course there is nothing with leaf shutters, maybe that's just a limitation of the camera itself and it would take a new redesign to implement, but going forward it would be nice if they had at least a couple of lenses with them for those people who do upgrade.