Sigma hasn't announced an 85mm lens, at least not according to this article.
> On Feb 21, 2017, at 3:04 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > > A bunch of people want an 85...... > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Of the four new lenses Pentax already offers two of them, a 24-70/2.8 and >> the 150-450 (which is faster than the Sigma 100-400). The 14mm and 135mm >> would be nice additions, but perhaps Pentax is already planning to fill that >> gap. I probably wouldn’t want the 14mm, because the Pentax 15-30 pretty much >> covers that off. The 135/ 1.8 would be nice perhaps. >> >> >>> On Feb 21, 2017, at 2:55 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> That would be suicidal and here is why: plenty of pentax users are >>> leaving for canikon because they want the new sigma lenses. Pentax >>> would be utterly foolish to discourage 3rd party options on their >>> mount. >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Ricoh probably doesn’t want Sigma to make lenses for Pentax cameras. >>>> Pentax volume is small enough as it is. Why would they want to lose some >>>> of the lens biz to a competitor? >>>>> On Feb 21, 2017, at 2:13 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You know Sigma has the tooling/technology. I have three Sigma EX AF >>>>> lenses and they are all wonderful (50-500mm, 10-20mm, and 28mm f1.8). >>>>> >>>>> This announcement does not include a Pentax mount: >>>>> http://www.newsshooter.com/2017/02/21/sigma-announces-four-new-lenses-including-the-full-frame-14mm-f1-8-dg-hsm-art/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” >>>>> ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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.
