From: AlunFoto
The critical qualifier in that argument is "compared to the competition".
But I digress, my point is that for K-mount, you'll have to expect the
feature implementation of Pentax to always lag behind the bigger
brands.
I think the critical question is how far behind will Pentax lag; whether
their product strategy will keep them viable? And whether they are
already so far behind they're in danger?
I'm sort of invested into the Pentax brand. All of my lenses (with the
exception of one really old Vivitar screw mount 20mm) are in some
variety of K-mount.
Most of my recent lens purchases have been from second tier vendors,
Sigma & Tokina - although Tokina seems to have recently abandoned Pentax
- because Pentax didn't offer the lens I wanted, even at a price I
couldn't afford.
Because I do occasionally still shoot film, I want any new lenses I buy
to be backward compatible with my older Pentax film bodies, which means
"full frame".
Couple of other random thoughts ...
1. Looked around the site that had the really cheap K10/K20 batteries,
and they have an adapter for Nikon lenses to Pentax K-bayonet. All
manual and stop down metering, etc., but might be worth exploring if I
ever get to the point where I don't see a future sticking with Pentax.
Start accumulating Nikon glass.
2. Since I'd like to have it, I'm sure there are all kinds of
technological reasons it can't be done, but I'd like to see a Pentax
DSLR with interchangeable viewfinders like the LX. I really liked the
Action Eyepiece.
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