Except that I am a PENTAX shooter. I don't need a "reason". I made that choice
years ago and see no reason to change now.
But there are notable absences of some more desirable focal lengths & maximum
apertures from the current Pentax lens roadmap.
Where you going to find a FULL FRAME auto-focus 85mm f/1.4 for your K-1?
Hell, where you going to find a manual focus Pentax-A 85mm f/1.4 that Cotty
hasn't already butchered to put it on a Canon? 8^)
For a while there, Sigma, Tamron & Tokina made some fairly desirable, high
quality after-market lenses in Pentax mount, even some lenses Pentax never offered.
Lack of third party support is going to doom Pentax in the long run. I'm all
right, because I managed to get everything I want (I know the difference between
want & need) "while the gettin' was good", but how is Pentax going to attract a
fair share of the few younger people who will want a REAL CAMERA instead of just
an iPhone?
Who will want to buy Pentax when there's no "Pentax glass" left, and no third
party support?
On 9/10/2019 12:10:20, William Robb wrote:
Considering that about the only reason in existence to use a Pentax body is
to shoot Pentax glass, I'm not seeing an issue. If you really want to use a
non Pentax lens, there are plenty of non Pentax bodies to choose from.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:30 AM John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
As I noted in response to the other Sigma thread, Sigma stopped making
lenses in
Pentax KAF mounts several years back.
They've been selling off their stock of Pentax mount lenses on an "as
available"
basis for at least a year & none of their ART lenses have been available
in
Pentax mount.
On 9/9/2019 16:10:04, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Pentax Rumors has posted an information that Sigma will stop making
lenses for
Pentax K-mount, quoting Sigma's FB post in Czech:
https://pentaxrumors.com/2019/09/06/sigma-to-stop-making-lenses-for-pentax-k-mount/
If that's true, it is rather unfortunate for the Pentax community:
1. Those people who enjoy Sigma lenses, will not have that option
available any
more.
2. Even if you don't like Sigma lenses, this would also mean reduced
competition
for Pentax lenses. That means somewhat less pressure
for Pentax to innovate, and probably higher prices for Pentax lenses.
Now, that Tokina and Sigma are out, who's left? Tamron?
There are some non-AF lenses from other manufacturers, but that is a
different
market niche.
In any case, - if you were considering buying some Sigma lens, you
probably
shouldn't wait too long.
Cheers,
Igor
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