Well i think we can safely say the mojo is decisively back! Love the first shot with the three ships huddling side by side. But they're all very nice, especially the ones with that lovely 85mm.

You know I said Pentax should hire you for their camera R&D department, Don?

I take it back!

I would go for the K2 as it has MLU and Av mode. The KX has MLU but no Av mode. The Km and K1000 have neither Av mode nor MLU.

If any of the bodies were black that might change my mind, as a mint black body is very nice and well sought after.

If the lens is priced competitively, it might drive new users into the Pentax system. As G said it is a different proposition to the other brands faster long glass. How much does the telescope they adapted it from cost?

There's no point me filling out the poll becuase I wouldn't buy such a lens even if it cost 5 pence.... simply wouldn't have any use for it, and where on earth would I store it in my little flat?!

Bollardkeh

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K7, Pentax-M 75-150mm f4, ISO800, 1/6400, f4 (Av mode)
18.02.2012 14.48

Fantastic documentary about the Baka tribe on BBC 2 right now.

Hmm, I don't need all that film winder stuff. Wonder if he'll split and sell me the body only for half the asking price?

The MF market is very different, much less competitive and Pentax were able to introduce a product that really did undercut the competitors on price by a huge margin! It would be nice if they were able to do that in the FF area but I imagine it will be hard to break through Canon/Nikon's dominance. As you say that market is dominated by 'aspiring advanced amateurs' through weekend warriors to full fledged internationally famous togs.

They could try and break in by dropping the OVF to reduce the price. (That would be a bit of a shame to put it mildly... although for video such a camera would be spectacular)... Or offer an exclusive upmarket 'digital LX' type of camera to match the FA Ltd trio. (That would shift a few units but the price would be out of the range of most of us...)

Or they could even put the work in and improve their AF system, flash system and lens range to the point where they could offer something that could beat Canon/Nikon on their own terms!

I think you are paying for the Marc Newson exclusivity... when the design fans have bought theirs, the price will probably drop to tempt existing Pentaxians and the P&S crowd.

Having a high launch price is nothing new for Pentax...

Just remember to develop them first!