On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 08:20:47AM -0500, Bruce Walker 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.
If you can get to Seoul, you can pick one up for about $230 http://www.ch20.co.kr/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=001004000017&search=&sort=order2 > Are any of these likely to be useful to Pentax shooters? Mark? Miserere? I asked about it last week, and word is that it's pretty good. -- Every medium suffers from its own particular handicap. Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before they have anything to say." W. Connell 1949 Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
