Interesting Poll

There's an interesting poll going on over on the Pentaxforums.com web site currently the DA* 300mm F4 is winning and the DA* 60-250mm F4 is a close second, obviously there is a market out there for these lenses the 55-300mm F4.5 consumer "Superzoom" is not even in the running.

Sorry maybe I should explain the poll is "Which of the awaited lenses are you most anxious to buy next?"

This isn't surprising.

If you want a superzoom, you want it for the convenience of being able to take only one lens, and 55mm is way too long for that. If you want it very long at the long end, there's the Bigma, and if you want better quality, you probably don't want such a zoom range at all.

So it's neither one thing nor the other.

I think the superzoom requirement is perfectly met by the 18-250.

concur about the 18-250. totally.
an affordable 300 2.8 and a new af teleconverter & extension tube set would tilckle me in all the right places!

Although on reflection, the 70-300 range isn't uncommon, so it could be said that a 55-300 is like that, but just a bit shorter, making it very good indeed as a companion to the kit lens if you want to go out with just two lenses.

I suspect the thing is that most people who want one already have a 70-300 of some type (I include in this 80-320, 100-300 and all other variations on this range).

The 55-300 will be an interesting lens for a lot of people who are just starting out, and for some people who are upgrading to digital from Pre-AF cameras, but those of us who had Z or MZ series bodies probably already have one.

Also since all of these lenses are vapourware at the moment, why dream about a 55-300 F4.5 consumer lens when you can dream about a 60-250 F4 DA*.