Yea, it means Ricoh marketing is bankrupt of ideas, since H(igh)
D(efinition), doesn't really mean anything since being taken over by
market speak. Oh, and they have no connection to the past. Supposedly
HD was used because the new coating process has no connection to the SMC
process at all, but somehow I think that's just hype too.
On 10/30/2014 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
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
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