A DA* 1.4 T/C Jack
----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 9:40 PM Subject: Re: What lens would you like Pentax to make? On Aug 30, 2011, at 20:44 , Mark C wrote: > {oh crap!}* > > My Tokina 400 f.56 has gotten fogged with Fungus and I replaced it with a > SIgma 135 - 400 f 4.5 - 5.6. The Tokina was never such a great lens - I > haven't done much much with the SIgma other than a few casual shots but I'd > love a dedicated 400mm f 5.6. > > - Mark C > > *Oh crap - writing this I reached up to the shelf to grab the Tokina, just to > take a fresh look at the fungus, and knocked my old Ricohflex VII TLR to the > floor, resulting in the ground glass focusing screen shattering... Dang - > that was a $20 camera that was the best bang for the buck of any I owned > since the lenses are clear and the shutter works perfectly! ANother one bites > the dust.... It might be prudent to keep a copy of this in your wallet or purse, should Mark C ever ask to borrow… anything. <grin> > On 8/29/2011 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. Joseph McAllister [email protected] I couldn't remember most of what I know today if it weren't for others sharing their knowledge of my past on the Internet. Thank you… -- 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.

