K5 II and K30 Discontinued.
There have even been batches of the A series 50mm f/1.2 reported, but only in Japan.
Only gripe would be the lack of new features via firmware update, but that's range wide really. Was hoping they'd take a look at the likes of focus peaking during video recording, increasing the video bit rates and maybe offer real mechanical shake reduction instead of that 'digital' antishake/frame cropping during video recording etc. That seems extremely unlikely now it's officially dropped.
Brian.
LBA is good for you, a Lens a day helps you work, rest and play.
The K5 II went off the listing quite quickly.
The K5 IIs is now GBP485 here and thats from the main importer.
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Yes, the 50mm f/1.4 is a mystery. It must be the longest serving discontinued product ever. They must have made more batches, it's just too long to simply be finding more stock.
There have even been batches of the A series 50mm f/1.2 reported, but only in Japan.
Not sure the current AF system could cope at 1.2 though
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
B&H have yet to get it wrong when they list something as discontinued.
The K5 II went off the listing quite quickly.
The K5 IIs is now GBP485 here and thats from the main importer.
Best regards
This forum's relationship with SRS is respectful and not intrusive. Much better.
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
Yes, the 50mm f/1.4 is a mystery. It must be the longest serving discontinued product ever. They must have made more batches, it's just too long to simply be finding more stock.
There have even been batches of the A series 50mm f/1.2 reported, but only in Japan.
Not sure the current AF system could cope at 1.2 though
Cheers
Dave
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