B&H is taking orders for the Pentax A 400/5.6. Probably just existing stock. I doubt if Pentax is turning out more copies, but you can still get a new one. Of course you can get a used one for less than half the price of new. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "John Whittingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:53:08 -0400, John Sessoms wrote > > > > > > From: > > > Doug Franklin > > > John Whittingham wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > If it need not necessarily be a genuine Pentax lens I would recommend > the > > >> > Sigma 400 f/5.6 APO, pretty sharp wide open, great build quality, CA > should > > >> > be non existant as it's an APO lens. There's a test on the Canon > fitting > > >> > version here: > > >> > > > >> > http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/sigma_400_56/index.htm > > >> > > > > > > I have the Sigma APO 400/5.6 in Pentax K-AF mount and I've been quite > > > happy with it. I haven't noticed any particularly tendency toward CA, > > > but I haven't looked for it, either. > > Where might one find such a beast? It's not in the current Sigma lineup. > > > > OTOH, Sigma is apparently offering its newer DG 500mm f/4.5 in a > > Pentax AF mount (B&H lists it as "New, Arriving Soon). If I > > understand, this is a new design that replaces the previous 500 > > f/4.5 which Sigma had stopped offering in Pentax mount. > > > > I have the previous version Sigma 300 f/2.8 and it's a fantastic > > lens, especially compared against similar lenses at higher price ... > > so if the DG lenses are improved beyond that, they ought to be very > > good indeed. > > Used market only but relatively inexpensive, I've seen a few in recent times > on Ebay UK. > > AFAIK the Pentax A 400/5.6 is out of production also. > > The DG 500/4.5 eh, didn't know they'd planned one, sounds great! > > John > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is > addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in > error > please notify Carmel College > on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. > > Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email > attachments > for viruses we cannot > guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any > responsibility for viruses. > > Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for > inappropriate > content, the college cannot > be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. > The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel > College cannot be held > responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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