> On 15 July 2021 at 16:12 Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 7/15/2021 1:14 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > >> On 15 July 2021 at 07:49 Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> It looks like Ricoh is coming out with a new version of the 16-50: > >> > >> http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/star_lens/special/sp_da16-50/interview/ > >> > >> My first thought is that they really ought to have made it a 15-50 or some > >> other adjustment to the range just so it isn’t confused for the original. > >> > >> I also note that this bodes well for K-3 iii owners, but maybe not so well > >> for the K-1 crowd. > >> > >> In any case, it will be interesting to see how it actually performs once > >> it is available. > > > > I must admit to a burning curiosity over the "strict standards of the > > next-generation star series" which, without the benefit of futuresight, I > > would have described as theoretical aspirations. Or maybe I just woke up > > particularly skeptical this morning. > > You just haven't been paying attention. The Star series lenses are > moving towards optical performance with no compromises, and sufficiently > high optical standards to be able to support much higher pixel densities.
Sounds like an aspiration to me. > > One of the things I noticed when moving up the pixel count ladder was > that lenses that were great at 6mp became lens and less good as the > pixel count increased and their weaknesses were exaggerated. Ricoh is > making the new Star lenses to a much higher optical standard in an > attempt to future proof the designs as much as possible. And again. > > And yes, they are also moving towards being very expensive objects. The > price of admission for the 16-50 will be in the US$2k range, which is a > significant price jump from the just over US$1k price of the lens it is > replacing. My aspiration is to have the pennies to play in the deep end of the pool. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
