That'd be Pepperberryfarm on the other forum. He took his 25 for a run out last month I've had this a good few years now, searched high and low, and chanced on it on the other forum and it came all the way from Australia. Prices nowadays are eyebrow raising to say the least.

Thanks for the follow.
S!

K-1 & Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/25


Aqua by Robbie Corrigan, on Flickr

Little back story to this. I am attempting a challenge to use a single lens for a month, while posting an image a day. I had had a long day and was settled into a bath when I heard an almighty racket being generated by a couple of cats out the back. Fearing for my own cat, I had hopped out but noticed the droplets on the tap and ran downstairs to the back garden. Max, my cat was OK and I grabbed the camera, took a couple of images and settled back in with the 2nd days image completed.

That price is nuts! If I hadn't been on a DFA* buying spree in the last couple of weeks it would be Ireland bound no doubt. I am genuinely shocked nobody has jumped on this.

That's the spirit

I gave up after a few hours and pressed the preorder button. I have the DFA*50 and it is a really really good optic, when it arrived my A50/1.2 lasted a month or so which I had previously adored. My bag is fleshed out now and I've caught up with the system after 10 years. So any FF Limited or * is potentially game on for me. There are MTF charts over on the US forum and it is really going toe to toe with the OTUS 85.
I have said it elsewhere but I believe that Ricoh are aiming to fit Pentax in between the high end mass market stuff (Canon, Nikon, Sony, etc) and the more reassuringly expensive stuff like Zeiss and Leica.

I wonder if Mr Riley or Mr Winterbourne can confirm if they are under NDA yet?
Might be an indicator of imminent arrival.

Why commercial suicide? I will buy it, know quite a few others that will too. They run off an initial batch of say 1000, the home market will snap up 750, 100 to Ricoh EU, 100 to Ricoh US leaving 50 to be divvied up elsewhere, say 5 to 10 for reviews. The UK might get 25 and I bet SRS have 25 names. Keep demand higher than availability and you can keep prices up and profitable. Run another batch in 3 months or so once you have firm numbers.

Pentax is going the way of Leica, it has opted out of the mass consumer focused race to the bottom.

Hmm, was only having a chat about pricing for the 85 with another member a few days ago... I was thinking €1600ish, he was a bit higher. If its €2k, then it's 2K and we know where Pentax sees it in the market, which is opposite the Zeiss Otus 85. Quality costs.

Hi all,

Hope you're all keeping well. Looking for a Q system body and lenses for my 4 yo. Purple if possible but not a deal breaker if not. She finds the K-3 a bit big
Pm me with any details please.

Thanks for looking in,
Robbie

Useful summary. Interesting video and I enjoyed the style, perfectly in keeping with our current wfh lockdown scenario using teams, Webex, zoom etc.
Both the 21 and 85 are real eye catchers for me. We've been lamenting a wide angle prime for the K-1 series and this is a good indicator of where Pentax sees the Limited series continuing. The 85? Well I have its baby brother the 50/1.4 and can't wait to see how the 85 performs when I buy it on release.