Pentax 25-350?
Posted 14/01/2011 - 15:22
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If it really is a *lens it will presumably mean the end of the 60-250*?
The 12-35mm sounds more interesting tbh.
The 12-35mm sounds more interesting tbh.
Posted 14/01/2011 - 15:35
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I'm not sure Gwyn... It may be the end of the 55-300 if it comes out with wr and a low price tag....
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
Posted 14/01/2011 - 15:39
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True - but it does say it is a DA*, not just a DA.
Pity they didn't decide to make it a 135-400 WR, to match the 18-135WR .
I know I know some people are never satisfied .
Pity they didn't decide to make it a 135-400 WR, to match the 18-135WR .
I know I know some people are never satisfied .
Posted 14/01/2011 - 15:42
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Gwyn wrote:
True - but it does say it is a DA*, not just a DA.
Pity they didn't decide to make it a 135-400 WR, to match the 18-135WR .
I know I know some people are never satisfied .
I wouldn't say "never satisfied" just everybody has different needs and ideas.True - but it does say it is a DA*, not just a DA.
Pity they didn't decide to make it a 135-400 WR, to match the 18-135WR .
I know I know some people are never satisfied .
Also don't forget these are patents not necessarily guaranties... Pentax could easily license them out to Tokina and or Tamron....
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
Posted 14/01/2011 - 15:44
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It's that magic 400mm that we seem to want. No doubt when it arrives it will be something else....
Best regards, John
Posted 14/01/2011 - 15:52
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A 400 star would be nice..
I hope Pentax goes back to their roots and keeps producing unusual lenses...
It is always the "odd" ones that I love to use...
With todays technology it can't be that hard to come up with a tilt shift 18mm, a 60mm soft, a 300-500 mirror, a 70mm leaf shutter lens.... and so forth..
I hope Pentax goes back to their roots and keeps producing unusual lenses...
It is always the "odd" ones that I love to use...
With todays technology it can't be that hard to come up with a tilt shift 18mm, a 60mm soft, a 300-500 mirror, a 70mm leaf shutter lens.... and so forth..
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
Posted 14/01/2011 - 16:02
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Or even a DA*200mm Macro!
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Posted 15/01/2011 - 00:05
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Mannesty wrote:
25-350mm is an enormous zoom ratio of 14:1 and I personally doubt that they could place such a lens in the DA* bracket.
It's of a variable aperture design too, where all the other DA*'s are constant aperture.
That's what went through my mind. I would expect this to be a rather compromised lens.
25-350mm is an enormous zoom ratio of 14:1 and I personally doubt that they could place such a lens in the DA* bracket.
It's of a variable aperture design too, where all the other DA*'s are constant aperture.
Posted 15/01/2011 - 01:00
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Don't imagine it'd kill the DA*60-250, which (IMHO) is the best of the DA* lenses. Perhaps a DA*200-400mm f5.6 would fit the Pentax 'quirkiness' and also fit within the range?
Posted 15/01/2011 - 01:05
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Don wrote:
A 400 star would be nice..
I hope Pentax goes back to their roots and keeps producing unusual lenses...
It is always the "odd" ones that I love to use...
With todays technology it can't be that hard to come up with a tilt shift 18mm, a 60mm soft, a 300-500 mirror, a 70mm leaf shutter lens.... and so forth..
A 400 star would be nice..
I hope Pentax goes back to their roots and keeps producing unusual lenses...
It is always the "odd" ones that I love to use...
With todays technology it can't be that hard to come up with a tilt shift 18mm, a 60mm soft, a 300-500 mirror, a 70mm leaf shutter lens.... and so forth..
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Posted 15/01/2011 - 01:08
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MrCynical wrote:
Don't imagine it'd kill the DA*60-250, which (IMHO) is the best of the DA* lenses. Perhaps a DA*200-400mm f5.6 would fit the Pentax 'quirkiness' and also fit within the range?
Yeah I can't see that happening. 60-250 is only just over 4x zoom. I can't see a 13x zoom killing that.Don't imagine it'd kill the DA*60-250, which (IMHO) is the best of the DA* lenses. Perhaps a DA*200-400mm f5.6 would fit the Pentax 'quirkiness' and also fit within the range?
However I guess were getting to the stage where even non optimal glass with big zoom ration can produces most acceptable pics.
How about a 10-400mm.
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also there is this:
12-35 wr:
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