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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-13-2019, 05:55 AM
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What are the odds of Ricoh developing a new DA Limited lens? Currently, there's a gap in the modern lens line-up for a [more affordable than the 31mm] 28mm lens. Pentax already has a history of nice and compact 28mm lenses, with fairly slow apertures (the f/3.5s being favored.) That seems to me like a perfect opportunity to take and old formula, update and optimise it for APS-C, but still project a large enough image to be usable on FF (like the 40mm ltd/xs, 35mm f/2.5, and 50mm f/1.8). 28mm would be great on APS-C as a 43mm equivalent, and still also be a classic FoV on the K1, even if it has softer and darker corners.
Hell, considering how small my Vivitar 28mm f/2 is, they wouldn't even necessarily have to update and old Pentax formula, instead using a different formula that allows for a max aperture of f/2, thus being the fastest DA Limited while still being compact. Pentax APS-C could use at least one fast, small, normal prime with great build quality.
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