Thu Feb 2 11:45:31 EST 2012 Miserere wrote:
> On 2 February 2012 10:35, Tim .sleby <maritimtim at gmail.com> wrote: > > Don't know about the authentasy of this, (I'm at work and can't check > > it out) > > http://www.photographyblog.com/news/pentax_k-mount_lens_roadmap/ > > > > -- > > MaritimTim > > > > Photographyblog is saying they saw the new Pentax lens roadmap at the > K-01 unveiling in the UK. Here's what's in store (subject to change, > the whims of Pentax gods, market situation, etc.): > > 2012: > > - DA Standard lens (50mm) > - DA High magnification zoom lens (18-200mm) > - DA Telephoto lens (550mm) I wonder if it will be a mirror lens. > > 2013: > > - DA Ltd zoom (24-38mm) That'd be indeed a very LIMITED zoom. :-) > - DA Telephoto zoom (125-375mm) Looking at K-01, I think Pentax can go more creative, and make something like 123-369mm. > - DA Wideangle zoom (12-28mm) > - DA Zoom (18-120mm) > - DA AF RC 1.4x teleconverter What does RC stand for besides "Radio Control"? Right-Coated? Red-Coated? Rear-Coated? Rarely-Coated? Really-Coated? Or, is it related to RC Lens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC_Lens ? > > Focal lengths are approximate and garnered from reading the tea leaves > in the images of the roadmap shown by Photographyblog. I'm sure Pentax > is being vague on purpose, most likely because many of them are > probably not even on the drawing board. The lenses, I mean, not the > Pentax employees. > Surprisingly, 11-16mm f2.8, that was allegedly co-developed with Tokina is not on the map. One personal thing: I am happy to see that 77/1.8 is still on that map. I might ultimately buy it.. Igor -- 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.
