This is wonderful news ... I really liked the convenience and focal range of the 16-45, now with a higher quality (I'm assuming) and a faster, constant aperture, there's really something interesting to look forward to. Adding the 50-135 would cover 90% of the shooting I do.
Hard to believe that a little more than a year ago I was eschewing digi and zooms. As I said to a friend off list, this is the Pentax company I remember from days gone by. As an aside ... no, I'll start a new thread on that ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Date: 9/20/2006 4:41:33 PM > Subject: Re: 3 New DA* USM lenses > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 07:00:12PM -0400, Lawrence Kwan wrote: > > 3 New DA* lenses announced: > > > > http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/news/2006/200646.html > > http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/news/2006/press-image/200646-05.jpg > > > > PENTAX-DA* 16-50mm F2.8ED AL[IF] > > PENTAX-DA* 50-135mm F2.8ED [IF] > > PENTAX-DA* 60-250mm F4ED [IF] > > > > Available in March 2007 > > > The sentence I found most interesting: > > These products are designed for exclusive use with > PENTAX K- and *istD-series digital SLR cameras. > > So they *do* intend to keep old-style focussing ability (the > so-called screwdriver drive) as well as SDM. That's nice to > know - I intend to hang onto a *ist-D as a backup body, even > when I get round to buying a K10D. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
