This is huge for me! This could very well stop me from switching to Canon for the time being.
Sent from my iPhone On 28/08/2013, at 10:06 AM, John Celio <neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 4:27 PM, "Dario Bonazza" > <dario.bona...@virgilio.it> wrote: >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-introduces-weather-resistant-flash-units?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_1 >> >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-announces-hd-update-to-pentax-limited-primes-15mm-f4-21mm-f32-35mm-f28-macro-40mm-f28-70mm-f24?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_0 >> > > Interesting development. As an owner of the DA 21 and 35 Limited > lenses, I am very curious to see how much of a difference the aperture > blades and new coating make. I probably won't be upgrading my existing > lenses, but it might impact which version of the other DA lenses I buy > someday in the future. > > As for the flashes, there is one thing that concerns me: The new 540 > II does not appear to support external power packs. The original 540's > page on Ricoh's site for Pentax flashes lists the TR Power Pack 3 in > the recycle times, but the 540 II doesn't mention that. Plus, there's > no photos (yet) of the left side of either new flash, which is making > me wonder if there's anything there at all. > > I realize there aren't many people who use external power packs, but > I'd been planning on getting the TR Power Pack 3 the next time I shoot > an event with my 540, and it would have been nice to have that option > on future flashes. > > John > > -- > 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. -- 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.
