> On Oct 30, 2014, at 10:14 , Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2014, at 07:52 , Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Received this email this morning from Ricoh Imaging: >> http://view.s6.exacttarget.com/?j=feba17777d63017a&m=fe9212737561007873&ls=fe22157873660178701c75&l=fefb117270640c&s=fe54117777620d7f7013&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe6e15717166047c7d14&r=0 >> >> My question is how much better will this lens be than my current zoom >> lens, the bDA 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC WR? >> > > This looks like an excellent travel/casual zoom. Probably smaller and > lighter than the 16-50, and frankly with the ability to shoot at ISO6400, the > constant f/2.8 on the 16-50 isn't really necessary these days for me either. > > Depending on cost, I might seriously consider buying this one and selling the > 16-50.
A bit of Google brought me to the announcement page on PentaxForums.. "The US retail price for the 16-85mm is $746.95 USD, and it is expected to ship in late November." http://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/pentax-news/hd-pentax-da-16-85mm-officially-announced.html -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.
