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Nope, you're only partly right: the first Canon L refreshes came long before the IS/non-L trio: the 14/2.8 and 16-35/2.8 were updated in 2007; 24/1.4 in 2008, 70-200/2.8 IS in 2010, the big telephotos in 2011, and the non-L lenses updates before the IS trio (June 2012) were numbered at precisely zero... so the direction at that point seemed clear. But Canon still has nothing like Nikon's new 1.8 units (the 35/2 IS being the only similar thing, and 50/1.8 STM being optically identical to the previous version). BTW, Canon's 20mm is f/2.8, not f/1.8, and pretty crummy at that.   EF 28/1.8, I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole either, so I hope that my opinion about Nikon being ahead in consumer segment may be more clearly explained now.

But if we're to return to the subject of Pentax - I sincerely wish them luck, because I like the underdogs... and some competition can never hurt. We live in exciting times photography-wise.

You are right about the 20mm of course, I indeed seem to have confused the 28mm to a 20mm earlier today  .

 

Nikon's f1.8's have no IS, so it depends on how you look at it. They just made a different choice.

The Canon EF 50mm f1.8 STM does not have to hide from the Nikkor AF-S 50mm f1.8.. Sharpness wise, they are pretty much similar. Both have so-so bokeh, the Canon has the edge CA wise. Even the distortion is a bit stronger for the Nikkor. I can't see an advantage of the Nikkor over the Canon, at the moment. Unless one really needs MF and then the focus by wire from the Canon is not as tactile.