Re: Another year, another lens

Well the new f4.0 70=210 Pentax wouldn't work for you.  No aperture ring and it's electronic aperture control, so pretty useless on a camera it's not designed for.  It looks good for shooting on Pentax cameras after the K-5II, but anything digital from the K-5 series back is most likely a no

Re: Another year, another lens

>From Bill: "I haven't seen much by way of Pentax Discuss on the PDML of late, though to be fair, Pentax isn't giving us much to talk about these days. They did, however, manage to squeeze a new lens onto the market very recently, a 70-210 f/4 continuous aperture zoom." As I mentioned in a

Re: Another year, another lens

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 4:48 PM Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > This is the lens type I got (if you can excuse Ken Rockwell one more > time...) > > > I have the older 80-200 G lens. Its a tank and now my back up to the 70-200 VR f2.8, but slower AF but

Re: Another year, another lens

Thanks Bill. I appreciate you sharing your impressions. > On Feb 11, 2020, at 9:32 PM, Bill wrote: > > On 2/11/2020 12:31 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> Bill, you say “nice enough…” >> More info please? I don’t really want another lens. If I were to buy this >> f/4.0 lens it would replace, not

Re: Another year, another lens

On 2/11/2020 12:31 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: Bill, you say “nice enough…” More info please? I don’t really want another lens. If I were to buy this f/4.0 lens it would replace, not supplement my f/2.8 lens. The bulk and weight of the /2.8 sometimes make me reluctant to even carry it with me.

Re: Another year, another lens

On 11/2/20, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: >They did, however, manage to squeeze a new lens onto the market very >recently, a 70-210 f/4 continuous aperture zoom. I was in the market a few months ago for a constant aperture f/2.8 zoom in that range. The only stipulation was that it needed

Re: Another year, another lens

Bill, it is a Tamron rebadge, probably with Pentax coatings and electronics. Apparently it is a good lens. I will probably get one. It has been discussed here: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63557036 My main concern is that it is manufactured in Vietnam, not Japan like my DFA 15-30 and

Re: Another year, another lens

Bill, you say “nice enough…” More info please? I don’t really want another lens. If I were to buy this f/4.0 lens it would replace, not supplement my f/2.8 lens. The bulk and weight of the /2.8 sometimes make me reluctant to even carry it with me. And if I do take it, it means I leave