2009/12/10 eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com>: >>> [...] completely rounded diaphragm blade. This >>> creates a natural, beautiful bokeh [...] > > I am beginning to think of bokeh as the marketing buzzword caramel soy > chai macchiato of photography... but hey =)
Indeed! Furthermore, is the bokeh only going to be good when we step the lens down? Because when it's wide open there are no diaphragm blades in the way. I thought the urban legend that is "diaphragm blades are important to bokeh" had died long ago. Guess not. On the other hand, I'm unhappy to see that my logic as applied to the rumours of this lens was correct. For those that care, what I reasoned was this: I think it's real [the lens], and this is why: 1. Pentax already has a DFA 100mm macro 2. Pentax already has a DFA 50mm macro 3. Pentax already has a DA 35mm macro 4. Nobody has asked for a new 100mm macro 5. The non-macro gap for primes between 55mm and 200mm is still there 6. There is still no fast, affordable, APS-C, normal prime It makes absolutely *NO SENSE* for Pentax to release this lens...so...it must be true! Sigh...and it was... I think I will call this the Chewbacca Pentax Reverse Twinkie Retro-Focusing Logic approach. If I were a lawyer, I could make millions with this in court. And I could have added a 7th point, like Darren said, still no frickin DA* 11-16mm f/2.8. I've been holding off buying a Sigma 10-20mm for over a year, and I was about to pull the trigger on a used one when a Nikon friend showed me his recently-bought Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8. What a nice lens to handle, great wide open, and very compact. I imagined it dressed up as a DA* and thought "OK, I'll give Pentax a few more months". I'm a patient dude, but Pentax is ree-hee-hee-healy pushing it. Sigh... --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
