They are yes, and it promises to be an outstanding lens. Mike Muizenbelt did a short review of a pre-release copy on Youtube.
It is focussing fast and accurate, and is amazingly sharp, even in the corners. However, since I already have the older one (SDM) which works OK, and also have the K1 with 24-70 en 15-30, an upgrade is not really worth it at some 1400 Euros/dollars I think ;-) Regards, JvW > On 15 Jul 2021, at 08:49, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > It looks like Ricoh is coming out with a new version of the 16-50: > > http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/star_lens/special/sp_da16-50/interview/ > > My first thought is that they really ought to have made it a 15-50 or some > other adjustment to the range just so it isn’t confused for the original. > > I also note that this bodes well for K-3 iii owners, but maybe not so well > for the K-1 crowd. > > In any case, it will be interesting to see how it actually performs once it > is available. > > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; https://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
