Sun Sep 23 12:02:48 EDT 2012 John Sessoms wrote:
> From: Igor Roshchin > > > I am surprised why nobody on this list has mentioned the new Pentax > > lens > > roadmap yet. It shows among the images in one of the links that > > Brian [Walters] has posted: > > http://www.magezinepublishing.com/equipment/images/equipment/K5-II-s-4796/large/pentax-k-mount-lens-roadmap_1348211380.jpg > > . > > (Thank you, Brian!) > > > > The DA* Zoom (18-85?) looks interesting. I hope it will be affordable. > > 120-380mm may also be very interesting, but might not be very fast.. > > > > The long-awaited AF RC 1.4x is present. > > > > It is interesting, that all lenses are DA[*], and not FA/DFA (even the > > 1.4x) > > (I.e. nothing is planned or revealed at this point for the FF body. - > > So what they say in the interview to PentaxForums might be correct.) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Igor > > I don't know why you'd need a lens road-map to verify what they said in > the interview. > > "Thank you for the survey results." > "Thank you for the T-shirts." > "We are listening." > "K-01, K-5II ..." > "We know it's been two years since the 645D was introduced & that there > aren't many lenses available. You can use the old lenses even though no > one has any of them for sale. You can buy a 645D body & the three lenses > that *are* available for the same price as a Hassleblad." > "Yes, we know other brands offer FF DSLR's with almost 40Mp." > "We're thinking about it." > That was a literaly parenthetical note that you refer to. However in response to your "why?": you should not take interviews (of commercial company representatives) at the face value, as those are typically often given in -parseltongue- err.. business-speak. Besides, if you haven't noticed, I tend to cross-correlate various information. Maybe that's why I am a scientist. :-) Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
