Originally posted by abacus07 but the lenses that Pentax chooses to produce aren't the ones that you're requesting for APSC. here are the results from the poll:
DA 24/2.0 WR
DA* 85/1.4
DA* 135/2.0
the next high vote getters: DA 135-400/4-5.6WR, DFA 200/4MacWR, DFA* 500/5.6, DA* 135-270/2.8, DA400/5.6, DFA 50/1.0
A couple of these are in the 500-700 dollar range but there are a lot of really expensive lenses here. But more importantly there would be requests to develop/bring back a full lens lineup for full frame. I don't see how that's a good idea for Pentax. Just my two cents.
The ones I posted are from reality. However, a DA* 24/2 WR wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility and the WR could be dropped because DA* implies that. The FA* 24/2 was a nice lens. The DA 400/5.6 could be based off of the old FA* 400/5.6. However, the A 400/5.6 (manual focus) and the FA* af version weren't cheap when new. I know because I have the A 400/5.6 for a long time. Same story with the 85/1.4 and 200 macro. What I am pointing out here is that these are some of the better optical designs in Pentax's vault. Some of the zooms ideas would be pricey but guess what, it isn't really because of ff or aps-c. Remember, a ff lens will work on aps-c! The price * lenses bring, the should be full frame anyway.
The other point you failed to grasp is that there are ALREADY expensive lenses in the current lineup. The DA* 16-50, FA 31 ltd, DA*300, DA* 200 for example. and the DA* 60-250/4 is the most expensive.