johnha wrote:
The last time I saw a Fuji promotion, it was buy an XPro body, receive two lenses free.

Put another way, how many K-1 owners are going to be buying 28, 35, 50, 85 & 105 primes at £3-400 each when you can buy the 28-105 zoom? OK, the 28, 35 & 50 should be affordable and useful - the FA 35/2 & 50/1.4 are still available new (along with the 43/1.9 Ltd). 85mm are hugely expensive as only f/1.8's are available and 105mm seem to have dropped off the radar. The only FA24mm lens was a huge f/2 version which is hard to find and very expensive - how could it be more affordable designed new today when prime buyers are more of a minority?

I prefer primes and spent a fortune building a set, but the current preferred lenses are a wide zoom 15-30 or thereabouts, 28-70/2.8, 24-205/4, 70-210/4, 70-210/2.8 & 100-400 or similar depending upon budget. Pentax have to prioritise these lenses as they're the first (and often only) ones the 'new believers' expect to be available.

Some Canon shooters prefer SMC-Takumars and dodgy adapters to the current EF primes (even though a 40 year old SMC-Tak 85mm f/1.8 costs more than a brand new EF85/1..

edin_togger wrote:
Primes have had their day? Are you nuts? Have you seen the amount of new primes for Fuji, Sony and Nikon (updating old ones), they sell plenty if they’re A: Good and B: a focal length/speed folk are after.