On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, John Forbes wrote:
You're right. Like the FA* 80-200/2.8 ED [IF]. It's been done before.
And it's a modern lens so why redo it? For the extra 30mm on the wide end, maybe. How well did that sell and why will this sell?
A 50-200/2.8 would be a sore thumb (actually one could say it's the other fingers that are sore ;-) in the line-up. The new lens will likely complement the 16-45 f4, which is a high-performance lens. A quality, semi-bright long zoom has not featured in the Pentax lineup for 15 years (if you are lenient enough to class the F70-210/4-5.6 as a semi-bright lens :-). They never came up with a companion to the 28-70/4, or even a worthy replacement for the F, and this is what I think they will do.
Kostas
