On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thu Feb 2 11:45:31 EST 2012 > Miserere wrote: > >> On 2 February 2012 10:35, Tim .sleby <maritimtim at gmail.com> wrote: >> > Don't know about the authentasy of this, (I'm at work and can't check >> > it out) >> > http://www.photographyblog.com/news/pentax_k-mount_lens_roadmap/ >> > >> > -- >> > MaritimTim >> >> >> >> Photographyblog is saying they saw the new Pentax lens roadmap at the >> K-01 unveiling in the UK. Here's what's in store (subject to change, >> the whims of Pentax gods, market situation, etc.): >> >> 2012: >> >> - DA Standard lens (50mm) >> - DA High magnification zoom lens (18-200mm) >> - DA Telephoto lens (550mm) > > I wonder if it will be a mirror lens. > >> >> 2013: >> >> - DA Ltd zoom (24-38mm) > > That'd be indeed a very LIMITED zoom. :-) > >> - DA Telephoto zoom (125-375mm) > Looking at K-01, I think Pentax can go more creative, and make something > like 123-369mm. > >> - DA Wideangle zoom (12-28mm) >> - DA Zoom (18-120mm) >> - DA AF RC 1.4x teleconverter > > What does RC stand for besides "Radio Control"? > Right-Coated? Red-Coated? Rear-Coated? Rarely-Coated? Really-Coated? > Or, is it related to RC Lens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC_Lens ? > > >> >> Focal lengths are approximate and garnered from reading the tea leaves >> in the images of the roadmap shown by Photographyblog. I'm sure Pentax >> is being vague on purpose, most likely because many of them are >> probably not even on the drawing board. The lenses, I mean, not the >> Pentax employees. >>
> > One personal thing: I am happy to see that 77/1.8 is still on that map. > I might ultimately buy it.. > All that needs to happen is for the the 77/1.8 or the 70/2.4 to be made in an equivlent DA* package, and I'd start selling my blood plasma to afford one. I'd like a nice WR prime, but the 55 is a bit too short for me. -Adam -- http://www.mountainfort.com/ -- 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.
