Does the "HD" mean anything? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
