{"id":11477,"date":"2012-02-15T21:32:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T19:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ylovephoto.com\/en\/?p=11477"},"modified":"2012-02-15T21:45:35","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T19:45:35","slug":"pentax-k-mount-lens-roadmap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/2012\/02\/15\/pentax-k-mount-lens-roadmap\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentax K-mount lens roadmap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pentax K-01<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now that Pentax has announced the Pentax K-01<\/strong>, a strange little hybrid photo camera using the K-mount lenses inherited from the DSLR range (K-5 or K-r cameras), it becomes once again important to see what Pentax is planning for the future of this range of lenses.<\/p>\n

In the past, the question of survivability of the K-mount cameras was clearly open: Recurrent rumors of obsolescence for the K-mount were rampant in the rumors web sites, because of the possible (sometimes observed) announcement of the end-of-life of DSLR Pentax cameras. But now, with the K-01 (even if it is quite far from a pro or expert design), the promise of new DSLR (including a possible new Full Frame reflex in the end of 2012, according to sites like PhotoRumors<\/a>), and the influx of new money from Ricoh, everything becomes possible again.<\/p>\n

Pentax specifically presented a roadmap for this range of lenses.<\/p>\n

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Pentax roadmap for K-mount lenses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What is really important here (read the roadmap for the details) seems to be:<\/p>\n

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  • A very long telephoto prime lens: 560mm seems to be more than adequate for the smaller sensors. if this is a lens for the Full Frame, it will be a big pro lens. If it is a lens for the hybrid, it may have a relatively small aperture (f\/8) to offer a very long focal length at a (relatively) reasonable cost. However, if you notice the existence of a focal 1.4x multiplier, I would say: A 560mm f\/5.6<\/strong>. Mark my words.<\/li>\n
  • The two wide-angle zooms are obviously here for the Full Frame camera and seem to confirm that the rumor of availability in 2012 (see above) is unfounded and that the new Pentax K-full will only arrive in early 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Some things are not mere rumors, but just a correct analysis of the available information…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Now that Pentax has announced the Pentax K-01, a strange little hybrid photo camera using the K-mount lenses inherited from the DSLR range (K-5 or K-r cameras), it becomes once again important to see what Pentax is planning for the future of this range of lenses. In the past, the question of survivability of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[132,650,401],"class_list":["post-11477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pentax-accessories-lenses","tag-lens","tag-pentax","tag-roadmap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}