It sounds like Ricoh is designing wonderful niche lenses that few need and fewer can afford.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 6:03 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- %(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.
