I was never a fan of zooms either, but the new lenses, paricularly the 12-24/4 have changed my mind. Paul On Sep 20, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
