On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm a bit surprised to see no mention so far on the list of the PMA09 press > release from Sakar who claim to be releasing a new line of ... > > Vivitar Series 1 Lenses for Digital SLRs (SRP $149.95 to $399.9), including > an 85mm F1.4A spherical lens for portraits plus 500mm and 800mm f/8.0 mirror > lenses - all usable with both film and digital SLR cameras. The line also > offers a 650-1300mm preset lens with a universal mounting ring (T-mt) that > allows the lens to fit practically all SLR cameras manufactured since 1960, > plus a 650-1300mm super telephoto lens that offers a zoom range from 16 feet > to infinity for both film and digital SLR cameras. > > > Are any of these likely to be useful to Pentax shooters? Mark? Miserere? > > -bmw >
The 85's getting good reviews so far from Canon and Nikon users, it's the Samyang Korean job and it's also dirt cheap ($350USD at B&H). So-so build but the optics are good. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
