Originally posted by Pål Jensen That's really beside the issue if you need a 24mm lens. I for one would not be without one....
I have
both the new 15-30mm f/2.8 and the new 24-70mm f/2.8. They both have high FF quality at 24mm.
I'm making the point that Ricoh (which presumably has limited development resources for lens) should be
initially going for lenses that are
as different as possible from the current ones. And one of the new lenses I suggested was something like an 18-30mm or 18-36mm variable aperture lightish, smallish, "affordable" lens, which obviously also covers 24mm. These are the sorts of lenses that will increase the customer base for the K-1.
Only once they have the maximum spread of lenses,
especially lightish, smallish, "affordable" lenses with high image quality, and (probably) new prime lenses as on the FF roadmap, should they they develop and release lenses that are near competitors.
There will always be a desire for a lens that is close to what they have but with perhaps just one parameter different. And when development resources become available, those small gaps can be filled. But what they currently lack to a
massive degree are smallish, lightish, "affordable" zooms that are either side of the 28-105mm lens, (which exists and therefore need not be duplicated), and until they have these the Pentax FF lens range will be open to valid criticism.