Ok ok. :-) I agree long af primes are needed. most people were complaining that the 560 was too expensive...i didnt mean to include you with that group. Agreed that it is slow. F4 would be far more usable. For someone like me it would be great as i would only use a lens like that outside and in semi decent light. My zoom that went to 300 ended at 5.6. I often found this limiting in keeping shutter speeds high at say 800 iso in lower light. i forgot about the f2.8 400mm.
Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >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. 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.
