Too slow. The 16-50 is 1 to 2 stops faster. Paul via phone
> On Oct 30, 2014, at 11:30 AM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> 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. -- 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.
