I was lucky enough to get an FA 85 1.4 in the bad ole days of ebay when things could be had for a lot less than market if you were patient enough. Now they cost more than many new lenses since Pentax did not make a replacement for this in full frame.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, Im hopelessly behind. If I were shooting a lot of studio portraits I > would want that. > > Paul via phone > >> On Feb 21, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The 85 art has already been released. Time to catch up. ;) >> >>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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.
