Zos, I've got an A300/4 and a AF1.7x. I know about the DA560/5.6. Too big and too slow. I didn't say Cheap. The A400/2.8 and A300/2.8 weren't cheap either. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > I asked specifically for a 24 or 28mm. I would get a lot more use off a 24 > than a 400.... > > Their answer is the 560. If you think an f4 400mm would be much cheaper go > price current canikon equivalents. Why not get a 300 f4 and use a > teleconvertor? It has pretty adequate resolution for that. > > Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Zos, >>I hope you made your points. Full frame sometime would be good. >>Meanwhile, How about a fast (F4 or better) 400mm autofocus. >>And a 1.4x or 2x autofocus extender. >>I really love the DA60-250/4, but it doesn't reach far enough. >>I'm really happy with the K-5IIs but want the next upgrade as well. >>Regards, Bob S. >> >>On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> Pentax put a notice out some time ago about jim malcolm wanting to >>interview pentaxians. I wrote them a long letter and they called me >>last week. We didn't talk too much about anything concrete. It was more >>casual than I ever expected. Jim seems like a very nice guy and he >>seemed very enthusiastic about taking over north america. I personally >>feel that the ricoh aquisition will pay off in spades with time to us >>pentaxians. He did confirm, but was otherwise tight lipped on full >>frame. His comment "well we let the cat out of the bag..." >>> >>> He loved the mx-1 and wanted to brass his copy up lol. He also >>confirmed that the Q indeed lacks a low pass AA filter. He felt that >>it was marketed to the wrong crowd here, but in japan it is currently >>doing very well. Also we talked about post processing a lot and he >>talked about how capture one doesn't support the 645 due to it being >>a phase one product. He also convinced me to give phase one a try. >>I downloaded the trial, but spending another 300 on software is >>probably not the best use of my money at the moment I must admit. I >>did like what I saw though. >>> >>> He told me to stay in touch and I have his assistants email address >>at pentax. All in all it was a nice chat and I was quite a bit star >>struck and speechless unfortunately. I did hammer out my main points >>in my letter (more primes...bring full frame...etc) which I'm pretty >>sure he read. He seemed to like my work too. Who knows...maybe I >>can get into the pentax gallery online one day..... :) >>> >>> I did repeatedly state that marketing in north america needs >>vastly expanded upon. He said that their goal is to become the #3 >>camera maker in the world. To that end I say, best of luck and its >>going to be an interesting ride either way. Looking forward to the >>future of pentax in this small corner! >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > https://www.facebook.com/zosxaviusphotography > > -- > 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.
