It mentions "disassembling or collapse" for easier transport. Maybe it's extra long so you can feel superior among your Canon-user friends.
On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:56 PM, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: > the article stated that its NOT compact for a 560mm, > its more of a long focus design to improve performance > and reduce cost but its BIG. > > ----------------- > J.C.O'Connell > [email protected] > ----------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark > C > Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 10:35 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Anyone in the market for a 560 mm? > > Depends on the price, of course, but I'd probably bite on it. I have the > A* 400 f 2.8 but it is so fricking big that I never use it. A smaller, > more compact 560mm would be great. As an f 5.6 lens, though, it has to > be totally sharp wide open. > > Mark > > > On 9/1/2012 6:30 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >> Apparently one is coming. >> >> > http://photorumors.com/2012/08/31/pentax-da-560mm-f5-6-lens-to-be-announced- > at-photokina/ >> >> >> Pity that I'd probably need to sell the car to afford one. >> >> >> > > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
