Re: Pentax lenses I want

Actually the lens I want, but can't justify, is the DA 16-50mm f2.8. I already have a Sigma 17-70 f2.8~4.5 which covers the range, and suits my needs most of the time. Plus the Tamron 17-50mm is a wee bit better optically by all accounts and much closer to my budget. I wouldn't turn my

Re: Pentax lenses I want

Ah, yes, a gentle Scottish mist, when the heavens open up and the fish swim up out of the rivers and into the sky... On 11/1/2019 8:01 PM, Pat Temmerman wrote: Have the DA21... would love if it were fully WP (I live in Scotland. Rain is real.) On 01/11/2019 23:39, John Francis wrote: On

RE: Pentax lenses I want

I don't really need any more lens, I go from 16mm to 400mm (with a gap between 210 and 400), but none of my current photography would justify the expense of filling in the gap. If I could find one, the power zoom 28-105 was one of the best I have had, and wouldn't mind getting it for when my

PESO 2019 - 120 - GDG

I stopped for a break on my cycle ride this morning, just sitting on a bench by the Adobe corporate offices in San Jose for a few minutes. I had my iPad with me on the, tapping on some email with the bike parked in front of me. I looked up and something about the bike's rear tire/seat post/etc

Re: Pentax lenses I want

Nicely captured image - good job. -Original Message- >From: Toine >Subject: Re: Pentax lenses I want > >My last lens, HD DA 55-300, probably makes my wanted list complete. I >do have the 60-250 which is somewhat better but a monster compared to >the tiny HD 55-300. The old 55-300 was

Re: Pentax lenses I want

On 11/2/2019 17:51:10, Dale H. Cook wrote: My wishlist for anything generally greatly exceeds the contents of my wallet. For now I have to be content owning a Pentax-DA 18-270mm as my walking-around lens, a Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm as my long glass, and a Pentax-A 50mm f2. The only lens

Re: Pentax lenses I want

My last lens, HD DA 55-300, probably makes my wanted list complete. I do have the 60-250 which is somewhat better but a monster compared to the tiny HD 55-300. The old 55-300 was excellent, the HD version is even better. The other lenses on my wanted list are or were the DA35 macro, DFA 100 macro

Re: Pentax lenses I want

My wishlist for anything generally greatly exceeds the contents of my wallet. For now I have to be content owning a Pentax-DA 18-270mm as my walking-around lens, a Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm as my long glass, and a Pentax-A 50mm f2. The only lens currently on my wishlist is a suitable late-model

Re: GESO October favorites

> On Nov 2, 2019, at 2:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > THE SECOND IMAGE IS AN EXCEPTION ALLY NICE PORTRAIT. Thank you. > > The critter is the third image is one of the grossest i've seen in a while. That reminds me that I was planning on doing some self portraits. -- Larry Colen

Re: GESO October favorites

THE SECOND IMAGE IS AN EXCEPTION ALLY NICE PORTRAIT. The critter is the third image is one of the grossest i've seen in a while. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 4:53 PM Larry Colen wrote: > A set of three

Re: Pentax lenses I want

> On Nov 1, 2019, at 11:12 AM, Juan Buhler wrote: > > I figured I'd start a thread about lens lust. Note this is not "lenses I > need". I have too many as it is, covering every focal length I care about > (which doesn't go much further than 100 or 135mm anyway) I’ve been very lucky that in the

GESO October favorites

A set of three faves from October https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157711612516901 Two were from some friend’s playing at a local BBQ place on Wednesday. The third was from my habit of combining things not normally found together in nature because I think they’d look good in a

Re: Pentax lenses I want

> On Nov 2, 2019, at 6:51 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote: > > Dear Mark, you would have noticed that in the Film SLR days ALL Pentax > Lenses were Full Frame. Even the SLR themselves were pretty small and > petite looking. > And these Lenses were as large or as small as the DA Lenses on the > current

Re: Pentax lenses I want

> On 02 November 2019 at 13:51 Bipin Gupta wrote: > > And these Lenses were as large or as small as the DA Lenses on the > current crop of APSC DSLRs. > So why NOT design all Lenses as Full Frame? > This would have kept design and manufacturing efforts and costs down. Who needs to search?

Re: Pentax lenses I want

The Pentax lens I always wanted is the Pentax-L 43mm f/1.9 Special that they produced in Leica Thread Mount for a short run of about 2000 units. Most were sold in Japan and still command a price around $1500 or so as a complete set with the matching optical viewfinder. A year or so back after

Re: Pentax lenses I want

> On Nov 2, 2019, at 12:44 PM, John Francis wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 02, 2019 at 08:23:20AM -0400, John wrote: >>> On 11/1/2019 19:39:33, John Francis wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 01, 2019 at 04:58:45PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: > I would think a full frame

Re: Pentax lenses I want

On Sat, Nov 02, 2019 at 08:23:20AM -0400, John wrote: > On 11/1/2019 19:39:33, John Francis wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 01, 2019 at 04:58:45PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > > > > > I would think a full frame 24-70/4 is very unlikely in that Pentax > > > > already offers

Pentax lenses I want

Dear Mark, you would have noticed that in the Film SLR days ALL Pentax Lenses were Full Frame. Even the SLR themselves were pretty small and petite looking. And these Lenses were as large or as small as the DA Lenses on the current crop of APSC DSLRs. So why NOT design all Lenses as Full Frame?

Re: Pentax lenses I want

On 11/1/2019 19:39:33, John Francis wrote: On Fri, Nov 01, 2019 at 04:58:45PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: I would think a full frame 24-70/4 is very unlikely in that Pentax already offers an excellent 24-70/2.8. Yeah, it's excellent. But it's also huge compared to the