> On Feb 25, 2017, at 11:00 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 2/24/2017 7:37 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>
>>
>> Bill wrote:
>>> It looks like Ricoh is serious. Now they are planning a D FA★ 85mm F1.4.
>>> Fun times.
>>>
>>> https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/cpplus-2017/d-fa-85mm-f14-on-the-horizon.html
>>>
>>
>> That lens is taking serious aim at my pocketbook.
>>
>> Are they only announcing the 50 and 85 this weekend?
>>
>
> That's all I've seen so far. They are promising at the moment that for 2017
> or later, they will introduce a wide angle single focus (this is single focal
> length (that's a prime lens, if Dodo is still reading)) :), a large aperture
> standard prime, a large aperture medium telephoto prime, a large aperture
> ultra wide angle prime and a fish-eye zoom.
>
> See the road-map here:
>
> http://www.photographyblog.com/news/pentax_lens_roadmaps_at_photokina_2016/
>
> I'm excited about the 50. The standard lens is my favorite walk around,
> though this one is big enough that I might not like it so much, and I already
> have an A*85/1.4, which is excellent, so the 85 is only somewhat interesting
> to me.
> I saw a mock up of the new 50mm sitting beside the FA50/1.4, the new one
> looks to be about 3 times the size of the old one.
>
>
There is a more recent roadmap that you can see here and other places:
http://donsphoto.com/blog/2017/02/pentax-k-mount-lens-roadmap-2017/
I have been very intrigued by what I have read about the new IRIX 15/2.4. AF,
no. WR or AW, yes. Good build, yes. Good results, yes. But the ultra-wide lens
on the roadmap gives me pause. If there were indications that it was going to
be here soon I would wait for the Pentax 14 or 15mm. Some would argue for the
Pentax 15-30 as a solution for ultra-wide, but I have the 24-70/2.8 and the
15-30 overlaps too much with that.
I sold my FA* 85/1.4 to help finance the purchase of the 31/43/77mm Limited set
way back when they first came out. I will find it hard to justify buying the
new D FA* 85/1.4 as long as my 77/1.8 is still functional. And the 70-200/2.8
(and 24-70/2.8) each give me additional capability in that general range. Not
that I won’t be tempted, but I don’t really need it. And the 77/1.8 takes up so
little space in the camera bag...
I have more than enough lenses in the 35-55mm range and am not even slightly
tempted by the soon-to-be D FA* 50/1.4.
So, for me, the announcements and the hints on the roadmaps are interesting,
but not immediately relevant. Ultra-wide, I will probably buy the IRIX and
maybe swap out for Pentax when it finally arrives. Mid-range, meh. Mid-tele
85mm, I’m covered already. I would be much more intrigued if portraiture were
more a part of my usual range of genres. Fish-eye zoom? Meh. Telephoto zoom?
Probably something along the lines of the older 50-200 or 100-300. Again, meh.
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