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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-27-2018, 09:25 AM
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Ah ah no worries, it's been there for a few hours only!
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-27-2018, 09:10 AM
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Lol I'm not sure how to consider a 70-200 f/4, maybe an all-purposes lens. I never wanted one, so I never really thought to the question.
Well I'm doing mainly wildlife photography and secondly landscape. Having the FA*24, DA35, DA50, DA*300 & D-FA 150-450, I have nothing between 50 and 150 mm. It happens that I need it, but it is very rare. If you follow that logic, any lens can be useful for landscape, even a 600 f/4, but much less than a 20-ish and a 15-ish.
No I was talking about the f/4, but surely the f/2.8 is a better option for portraits - if you can afford the size, weight, and price (don't get me wrong, I do not consider it overpriced, it's just expensive in the absolute).
There's no (at least recent) 70-200 f/4 for Pentax yet.
But you got my overall point: what direction are they taking? The K1 release was a strong sign toward landscapes, but now I'm lost. It looks like the team designing the bodies and the team designing the lenses have different goals.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-27-2018, 07:26 AM
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What is the target audience for the K1 / K1 II? These bodies are awesome for landscape / astro photography (tropicalisation, pixel shift, dynamic range, astro-tracer), yet the next lenses on the roadmap are more portrait oriented (D-FA* 50/85, D-FA 70-200 f/4). There's no prime below 31mm, and no recent prime below 50 (!!) mm. It would be easy to have the best available system for landscapes, yet you seem to focus on portrait / street.
If I was looking for a portrait camera / system, I'd look for a camera having a good AF & high framerate. Precisely the two weaknesses of our FF bodies. So what's the plan here? Improve AF and have the best portrait system? Or be average in every field?
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