On Aug 29, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > I just realized that it's been literally years (two or more) since I > bought a pentax lens. The fact is, I have pretty much everything I > need - the 50-135 and 60-250 are interesting, but not enough to make > my break out my credit card (the FA*80-200/2.8 works fine for me). > > But one thing I *would* buy in a heartbeat would be a weather-sealed > 12-24 (or wider) ultrawide. > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com >
The DA* zooms do a very fine job; 16-50 + 50-135 for occasions that call for wide to moderately long, and the 16-50 + 60-250 for occasions that call for more length. But still . . . I would like to see a wider zoom: DA* 9-18 or 10-20. I would like to see a longer zoom: DA* 250-500. I would like to see a DA* 400 or 500. And I would like compatible 1.4, 1.7, and 2.0 teleconverters. And a DA* 19/2.5 to replace my DA 21mm but mostly just to verify that Pentax still has a quirky sense of humor. It would be nice to have Pentax revisit its magic touch with macros, thinking particularly of DA* versions of 100 and 200mm macros. The DA* bit is important for all of the above- both for the weather sealing and the quiet fast focusing. stan -- 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.
