f/5.6 max aperture at the longer end is the problem. J
--- On Sun, 2/8/09, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > From: William Robb <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: The Ghost Appears! > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 8:37 AM > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul > Stenquist" > Subject: Re: The Ghost Appears! > > > > I have the 80-320 4-5.6, but I know I need a new zoom > in this range. Having an extra stop, or two, is critical at > longer focal lengths. > > I questioned this (to myself at least) when they made > public their plan for this lens. An f2.8 would be nice, but > I'd take the f4 for the smaller size and weight. > For myself, they may as well shelve the 60-250 at this > point, I'm so frustrated with Pentax for the continued > delays that I'd likely not buy one out of spite. > > I bet they come up with 3 more unneeded zooms between 24mm > and 100mm before the 60-250 gets released. > Any bets on if the 15/4 and 55/1.4 ever get released? > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
