Petroglyph

I didn't listen to this one.  The 11-18 looks like a winner, for an aps/c shooter, and I'm looking forward to seeing the 70-200/4 later on this year.  I don't expect much else from PK in 2019, ...

Thinking about this, there are a lot of options to consider & I don't feel it is a limiting area for modern Pentax shooters. If one has an aps/c K-mount & might or already have moved to FF K-mount ...

Thank you.

Which year did they quit the Q?  It was the number 7 selling mirrorless in Japan for a number of years.

I used wasabi batteries for years.  I haven't noticed much difference in the longevity re OEM, but I'd take the 2300mAh vs 1860mAh with a grain of salt, since they are probably the same cells but ...

So what is that DFA* wide angle zoom on the map?  A 24-40 f/2.8?

It probably has its best chance of comparing well at 15 since that is the middle of its (11-18) range so I agree that is an interesting place to compare them.

I think the 11-18 is smaller than the FF 15-30. The reason is the 11-18 can take 82mm screw in filters. While one has to have a special holder for filters on the 15-30.

How will it compare at 11mm is the question.  ;-)

Wow, only 2000 clicks!  Only 198000 left, :-D

DA*11-18/2.8 looks like it might be a fantastic lens. Premium UWAs for aps/c cameras are a bit scarce out there. This one might be worth the wait for Pentax aps/c shooters. The 35mm...hmmm. ...

KEH has a used K3 in EX+ condition for 494$.  On the other hand, KP is a newer camera released in 2017 verses 2013.  I consider the KP to have similar IQ to the excellent Sony A6500 but I've never ...

Heavier does mean less shutter shock.  The new DFA* 50 is well matched to the camera in this regard.

To compete with D500 & possible 7DIII it seems to reside in the processing engine and AF module for the K3II successor.  I hope they have been researching this all along.

The crop area of the K1 is closer to 15 MP than 16.  So the photo sites on K5II are likely 15/16 smaller & gather correspondingly less light (also K5II is an older but still very good sensor).  ...

It will probably be compared to 7DIII & A7000, this will be interesting to do.

Internet take on this is Pentax quit making refractors when Hoya took over.  FWIW

What is a basic spec?  As opposed to the lenses actual formula which, by the way, has Ricoh released this yet for the 70-200(ish) f/4 on their road map?  :-)

Agree.  Certainly the Tamron 35, 45 and 85 f/1.8 could be used along with the 150-600 G2 ;-).  But the upcoming DFA 70-200 might just be a re-badge of the new Tamron 70-210 f/4.  But that might be ...

He has said that most of the time.