Well, as Pentax/Ricoh perceive themselves getting higher up the market
ladder, they rack up the prices... Sigma is how much - like USD 800 MSRP?
But that's beside the point. I believe that DA*16-50 is priced similarly
to 17-55/2.8 offerings from Canon and Nikon. I've just looked up prices
on B&H:
Nikkor 17-55/2.8 - USD 1,300 imported, USD 1,400 USA.
Canon 17-55/2.8 - USD 1,180 imported, USD 880 USA (there seems to be
some kind of a sale on this very lens). But Pentax sits right there with
the big boys... Well, if the net rages about K-3, it is time to cut some
cabbage is we say in Russian :-).
On 1/4/2014 9:06 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
I'm floored by the price of a new DA*16-50 - 1296.95 - I got mine way
back when for less than half that !
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Liberman" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: DPReview readers love the K-3
Attila, you have to realize that this Sigma has nothing on the market
to compare it to. DA* 16-50 is a different lens. It has WR, it is
wider and longer as far as zoom range goes, while Sigma boasts
tremendous image quality and the USB dock so that you could play with
your copy to your heart liking.
I'm not buying Sigma and I'm not re-buying DA* 16-50. But I very much
would like Pentax to do something rather unlimited and produce a lens
that will compete with Sigma in IQ dept face to face.
On 1/3/2014 3:27 PM, Attila Boros wrote:
Seems like Sigma is putting out some nice lenses lately. But this is
bigger and heavier than the DA* 16-50mm, and has a smaller zoom range.
Would like to see some comparison between the two lenses.
On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]>
wrote:
Also the lens of the year is sigma 18-35/1.8...
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On January 3, 2014 4:55:31 AM Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/01/02/best-gear-of-2013-the-results-are-in/11
The Pentax K-3 was an early front-runner in this poll, and blazed
through to a convincing victory, garnering an impressive 31.4% of
the total vote. Strangely, stablemates the K-50 and K-500 got
almost
no love, but the capable, innovative K-3 was your pick for best
DSLR/SLT of 2013 by a landslide. Which probably means we
should get
going with our full review, right? We'll get right on it.
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