Yes I agree with Paul and would add that for those not familiar with a roadmap: a roadmap is made to give customers idea about the future developements. It is already unusual for a roadmap to show all lenses currently available. Also a roadmap is nowhere a commitment to informations contained in the roadmap: it shows the developments planned (sometimes with an estimated timing) at the date the roadmap was released.
It doesn not contain any pre-DA/DFAlenses and never has so stating that some FA lenses disappeared is wrong: they simply never showed on the roadmap. That being said, it looks clear to me that FA Limited will have to go except maybe if Pentax keeps an eye on a not too distant FF dslr but I doubt that much. As for SDM vs screwdrive, all Limited 'till now, including the 34 limited macro do NOT have SDM. Also lenses like 55-300 do not have SDM. I don't expect Pentax to be fully SDM-only for quite a couple years. They might indeed drop screwdrive for DA* lenses however. On Jan 30, 2008 12:17 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The roadmap lists recently released and new lenses. That doesn't mean > older lenses will no longer be available. But I wouldn't be surprised > if the lenses for full frame are eventually taken out of production. > However, like most Pentax lenses of the past, there are plenty of > them out there, so they'll continue to be available on the used > market. I expect many of the new lenses will be equally wonderful or > perhaps even better, particularly in terms of image quality. Note > that the new DA 70 limited already compares quite favorably to the > old 77 limited. > Paul > > On Jan 30, 2008, at 3:07 AM, Bertil Holmberg wrote: > > > Nor are the wonderful 31, 43, and 77mm limiteds. Will new Pentax > > owners be unable to enjoy these marvels? > > > > Bertil > > > >> None of the FA series lenses are listed on it. > >> > >> The road map only seems to be for DA, DA* & DFA lenses. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
