I don't care what anyone says, the quality of Pentax's legacy glass is reason
enough for me to stick with them. I think if they were building modern versions
of their high end lenses (i.e. at least a D-FA 300/2.8) they'd attract a lot
more market share.
I only bought the Sigma 300/2.8 because
At this point I'm thinking that there may not be a successor to the K-3.
Ricoh made a misstep with the K-P, it's not really any better in any
measurable way than a K-3 or a K-70. The User interface is enough
different from those cameras and the K-1 to give you hives when
switching between it
My wife has a Fuji Finepix S4800 Superzoom which does very well.
However, the EVF is difficult use at the long end, the AF is slow & the
zoom control is awkward. Not unlike the Pentax XG-1.
Alan C
On 13-Sep-19 10:16 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:
I'm even inclined to stop obtaining new lenses and
I'm even inclined to stop obtaining new lenses and instead invest in a 1
inch superzoom like the Panasonic Lumic DC-FZ1000 or the Sony Cyber-shot
DSC-RX10 types.
This isn't really lightweight but it is saves me a lot of weight in my
backpack as well as all the hassle to choose which lenses to
On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 08:09:54PM +0200, Alan C wrote:
>
> It seems to me highly unlikely that a Newbie in the realms of "higher
> photography" would choose Pentax today so I can only conclude that those of
> us who have remained with Pentax do so mostly for sentimental reasons.
Another reason
Igor, Thanks for that interesting & informative dissertation. It seems
amazing that "Pentax" cameras have declined from majority status to a
mere 3% in 40 odd years.
Most "photographers" are in it only for personal & family reasons - the
same sort of mentality as in the Brownie Box, Polaroid
On 9/11/2019 19:23:03, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
My point is that 3rd-party, less expensive lenses provide a pathway for many
photographers with limited budget, both at the entry to the "system", and at
later stages of using the "system".
In many cases I bought 3rd-party lenses because the
One of the reasons I would hate to switch from Pentax is the ready availability
of good lenses for low prices. eBay. I owned one off-brand lens once, a Sigma
150-500. There may have been another but basically it has all been Pentax. If I
were ever going to switch it would be to Nikon for
Bill,
John pointed out to certain types of lenses not being available from
Pentax, and that is an important aspect for some Pentax-shooters,
especially for some particular applications.
(Good examples are some wide-angle fast lenses, under "ART" label, Bigma
and variations.)
However,
On 10/9/19, John, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Hell, where you going to find a manual focus Pentax-A 85mm f/1.4 that Cotty
>hasn't already butchered to put it on a Canon?
Sadly they've all been butchered back to stock (sans aperture lever!) as I
don't own Canon kit and haven't for well over a
Except that I am a PENTAX shooter. I don't need a "reason". I made that choice
years ago and see no reason to change now.
But there are notable absences of some more desirable focal lengths & maximum
apertures from the current Pentax lens roadmap.
Where you going to find a FULL FRAME
It might be like the Co-Design deal Pentax had with Tokina where all the Pentax
mount 12-20 lenses were branded Pentax, and Tokina only sold lenses for Nikon,
Cannon & Sony under their own name.
The Pentax mount 15-30mm f/2.8 in PKaf mount is *ONLY* available from Pentax,
but the same lens is
Considering that about the only reason in existence to use a Pentax body is
to shoot Pentax glass, I'm not seeing an issue. If you really want to use a
non Pentax lens, there are plenty of non Pentax bodies to choose from.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:30 AM John wrote:
> As I noted in response to
As I noted in response to the other Sigma thread, Sigma stopped making lenses in
Pentax KAF mounts several years back.
They've been selling off their stock of Pentax mount lenses on an "as available"
basis for at least a year & none of their ART lenses have been available in
Pentax mount.
Well, Tokina had an agreement with Hoya to co-develop lenses and not
produce any in K mount. Tamron currently has such an agreement with
Ricoh. Sigma doesn't, but they made noises several years ago about how
difficult it was to engineer lenses for multiple incompatible lens mounts.
I
I suspect with Tamron it is co designing and licensing.
The D FA 50/1.4 being an example.
They are licensing their Opera 50/1.4 design from Ricoh.
On Mon, Sep 9, 2019, 1:21 PM Gonz wrote:
> I heard Tamron is out too.
>
> --R
>
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 3:10 PM Igor PDML-StR wrote:
> >
> >
> >
I heard Tamron is out too.
--R
On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 3:10 PM Igor PDML-StR wrote:
>
>
> Pentax Rumors has posted an information that Sigma will stop making lenses
> for Pentax K-mount, quoting Sigma's FB post in Czech:
>
Pentax Rumors has posted an information that Sigma will stop making lenses
for Pentax K-mount, quoting Sigma's FB post in Czech:
https://pentaxrumors.com/2019/09/06/sigma-to-stop-making-lenses-for-pentax-k-mount/
If that's true, it is rather unfortunate for the Pentax community:
1. Those
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