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DA 15mm F4 Limited - Advice Please
Hi Tim I use a Kood 49mm to 77mm on the 15mm Limited, I then screw a Lee 77mm on to the back, clip in to the filter holder and bingo, I can then use ND grads. When i was in Utah last December in the national parks this combo worked really well with the 15mm. I hiked down to False Kiva in the snow...
Posted by Fletcher8 on 09/09/2012 - 14:03
Walimex Pro 85mm f1.4
Sorry I ask if Samyang gives technical guarante for these secondary companies. I doubt that to be the case - when one manufacturer makes a product for another company, it generally does (or it "should"!) do that against an agreed purchase specification. However, it then depends on whether the...
Posted by jeallen01 on 10/09/2012 - 22:31
Walimex Pro 85mm f1.4
has anyone tested the Walime Pro 85mm f1.4? has anyone heard any problem about this lens? thanks Walime??? sounds like a right Wally to Me :mrgreen: Actually I think that was a misprint and he was refering back to his original question about the "Walimex" lens
Posted by jeallen01 on 11/09/2012 - 18:22
SMC P A f2.8 20mm
It's a high quality prime lens from the A series. Manual focus, quite a large front element, covers the full 35mm film frame. It replaced the M series 20mm f4, also an excellent lens.
Posted by johnriley on 10/09/2012 - 20:20
DA 560mm
Womble, in this particular case you are wrong. Should Pentax actually had full lens portfolio then it would be a great addition, but as they lack for so many years in good, long telephoto zoom (something longer and better IQ than anyway great 55-300) and instead of sort this out they add something t...
Posted by piotro on 11/09/2012 - 09:38
DA 560mm
Womble, in this particular case you are wrong... I'm not sure in what sense I am wrong? I didn't argue for or against a long telephoto v. a longer zoom, did I (which is what you seem to be implying)? Nor did I argue for a k-mount mirrorless v. a small one, or medium format v. "full frame". My co...
Posted by womble on 11/09/2012 - 11:19
DA 560mm
Back down here in the real world - I think the vast majority of us had already worked out that whatever the price turned out to be - it was always going to be way above our heads. Think I will wait for the DA L version - plastic mount - no quick shift or hood - what do you think - should take it ...
Posted by fritzthedog on 11/09/2012 - 13:28
DA 560mm
Womble, in this particular case you are wrong. Should Pentax actually had full lens portfolio then it would be a great addition, but as they lack for so many years in good, long telephoto zoom (something longer and better IQ than anyway great 55-300) and instead of sort this out they add something t...
Posted by ilovesaabs on 11/09/2012 - 14:18
DA 560mm
Aside from the fact that it is an f5.6 lens compared to the competition's (inc. Sigma) f4 or f4.5 lenses ? I accept the Sigma is faster but the Pentax is longer and carries the Pentax badge - undoubtedly both points that Pentax would believe demands a price premium. I would also suggest that we know...
Posted by fritzthedog on 11/09/2012 - 17:38
DA 560mm
Expensive it may be, but I am sure I remember reading a lot of people wanting Pentax to make a lens such as this one, and as Womble stated you can't win. At least now there is the option to buy one if you have the money. Sorry Fletch can't agree. There was always the option to buy one if you h...
Posted by Don on 12/09/2012 - 18:09
DA 560mm
are you comparing weather sealed lenses? Image stabilized? seems to me this is not an indoor lens, and also collapses to a nice back packable size.... I think there would be many a shooter of different brands that might jump ship to pentax for a weather sealed camera and lens combo that truthfully ...
Posted by jane7l on 12/09/2012 - 18:28
DA 560mm
are you comparing weather sealed lenses? Image stabilized? seems to me this is not an indoor lens, and also collapses to a nice back packable size.... I think there would be many a shooter of different brands that might jump ship to pentax for a weather sealed camera and lens combo that truthfully ...
Posted by Don on 12/09/2012 - 18:46
DA 560mm
I wasn't sure about the waterproofing, but it's confirmed that it is. It doesn't collapse though. The hood slides back and the lens is about 520mm long. The old 'A' 600mm f/5.6 was only 386mm long :shock: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/primes/extreme-tele/A600f5.6.html
Posted by Algernon on 12/09/2012 - 19:12
DA 560mm
[quote:3496ace15f="Don"] are you comparing weather sealed lenses? Image stabilized? seems to me this is not an indoor lens, and also collapses to a nice back packable size.... I think there would be many a shooter of different brands that might jump ship to pentax for a weather sealed camera and l...
Posted by Frogfish on 12/09/2012 - 19:22
DA 560mm
The RH site does have a link back to the original PF post in which they think it's faked I can't understand why they have used HD for the name of the coating. I thought that was a trademark of the movie companies? It's not going to attract any attention anyway it's so well known. -
Posted by Algernon on 12/09/2012 - 20:00
DA 560mm
Just as well some people are moaning. If there was just the "happy brigade" Pentax wouldn't need to bother developing anything. Who needs autofucus - use your old manual focus lenses. Who wants weather proofing - use a bag. Who wants faster read speed on memory cards - just slow down, take it e...
Posted by Blythman on 13/09/2012 - 16:38
DA 560mm
The premise that Pentax lenses have always been less expensive than the equivalent Nikon ones does not actually stand up to scrutiny. Selectively you could prove that, but in general, going back over the years they have been much of a muchness, with the Pentax version often being priced slightly ...
Posted by johnriley on 14/09/2012 - 08:37
DA 560mm
[quote:3496ace15f="Algernon"][quote:3496ace15f="Don"][quote:3496ace15f="Algernon"]I wasn't sure about the waterproofing, but it's confirmed that it is. It doesn't collapse though. Pentax did patent such a beast.. and there were photos of the prototype 560 that did appear to be collapsable... so do ...
Posted by DavidG on 01/10/2012 - 10:40
18-270 Tamron Rebadge?
I suspect that the price is less likely to 'even out' if there is no 'competition' from the Tamron badged version (as there was with the 18-250) - though having said that the Pentax 10-17 was considerably cheaper than the Tokina version for other mounts (The Tokina actually came out later than the P...
Posted by amilner on 11/09/2012 - 18:50
