Graydon wrote: >On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 05:21:46PM -0800, John Celio scripsit: >> Same here, and that's my answer to my own question. A fast normal >> prime is the only thing I think Pentax is missing, and I honestly >> don't understand why they haven't hit that mark yet. It's probably >> the only lens I could afford right now, too, to touch on what Doug >> said. > >Sony A850. They *have* to go full-frame now, and probably a year or so >earlier than they were planning/expecting. So normal has moved. It's >probably moved off the careful sensor availability schedule, too.
This is exactly the impression I got from talking to the Pentax people at the K-X Introduction event in NYC a couple of months ago. They were very tight-lipped about specific plans for the future, but admitted that the A850 is a game-changer. This time next year there will be at least one full-frame camera available for around $1600.00 US. I expect a Pentax full-frame to be at least announced, if not available, by then. The 55mm f/1.4 will make a nice normal lens for it :) -- 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.
