Boris, Larry: I was totally unaware of the new Sigma zoom lens. Godfrey: same about the Olympus lens.
Thank you for the information, I'll take a closer look at the Sigma lens. The range is a bit short for a zoom, but it might be still worth attention. Olympus lens is unfortunately of no use to me at this point. As for Pentax, - as I mentioned earlier, I would be happy to be proven wrong, but I doubt that a non-DA* or non-limited lens would be a fast lens. Cheers, Igor > Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:03:07 -0400 (EDT) > From: Igor Roshchin > > Wed Aug 28 23:48:20 EDT 2013 > Boris Liberman wrote: > > > On 8/28/2013 10:52 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: > > > http://photorumors.com/2013/08/28/updated-pentax-k-mount-lens-roadmap-published/ > > > > > > Huzzah! > > > > > > > That's an interesting development. It would seem that Pentax don't plan > > to introduce any *new* (I don't count DA limited with different coatings > > as new, sorry) prime lenses. I wonder if any of these zoom lenses will > > be faster than constant 2.8. > > > Wed Aug 28 17:12:14 EDT 2013 > Larry Colen wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 04:04:25PM -0400, Stan Halpin wrote: > > > Interesting zoom range(s). But all shown as DA so far, not DA*. > > > And FINALLY an AF teleconverter. Again, DA rather than DA*. But after > > > waiting 15+ years, I guess I'll take what I can get. > > > > 18-85? > > > > If that's f/2.8 (or faster) that will go pretty much right to the > > top of my shopping list. Particularly if it's a DA* or at least WR. > > > > Boris and Larry: > You are hoping for a faster-than-f/2.8 zoom. > I haven't seen such in K-mount, and I am not aware of any in other > mounts (but that might be my ignorance). > > So, why do you think Pentax would produce such a fast zoom? > I don't think so. I even doubt it'd be 2.8, as otherwise it would've > been a DA* or a limited. > > Igor > > > -- 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.
