Granted but given the current roadmap the 60-250 is a bit of an odd fit. A 135-400 f/4 would or a 135-3make a lot more sense to complete the line up.
16-50 f/2.8 (24-75 equiv) 50-135 f/2.8 (75-200 equiv) 135-400 f/4 (200-600 equiv) That would be a coherent line up... Rgds Patrick On 9/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The DA* 60-250/4 will be here soon, so it wouldn't make much sense to redo > the FA* 80-200/2.8. I believe one reason for not retaining FA lens designs is > that the new DA and DA* lenses are optimized for the APS-C image circle. And > of course new releases stimulate sales. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Patrick Genovese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > It seems to me that people are confusing out of production with > > > discontinued. As far as I understand, all camera companies produce their > > > lenses in batches to a certain degree, and just because a lens is not > > > being produced right now, you should not assume it's not in the line-up > > > anymore. It may well be that production was temporarily halted because > > > there is already stock to last for a long time. > > > > The pentax japan web site does not list any of the old FA* lenses... > > All gone... bar the 300 f/2.8 and the 600 f/4 .. The problem is there > > are no replacements. I'm no expert on lens production etc but how > > hard can it be to update an already excellent lens design such as the > > 80-200 f/2.8 and bring it in line with current digital requirements > > and maybe even add an SDM motor. Im sure it is quicker than designing > > the 50-135 from scratch and they would have had a much more desirable > > product. Other manufacturers seem to be able to do this quite quickly. > > > > Patrick Genovese > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
