The new D FA lenses are large. The 24-70, 15-30 and 150-450 are all bigger than what we’ve come to expect from Pentax. But they’re also superb performers. That is much more important to me than size. My K-1 is big anyway, with a battery pack and a quick release plate always attached. A large lens is just fine. If I want a small camera for travel or a leisurely walkaround, I’ll take my K-3 and the FA 35/2 or FA 50/1.4.
Paul > On Feb 27, 2017, at 10:33 AM, Gonz <rgonzoma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wow, what the hell happened? I think I'll stick with the smaller > lenses, even if manual. > > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 10:02 PM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 2/25/2017 10:00 PM, Bill wrote: >>> >>> On 2/24/2017 7:37 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Bill wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It looks like Ricoh is serious. Now they are planning a D FA★ 85mm F1.4. >>>>> Fun times. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/cpplus-2017/d-fa-85mm-f14-on-the-horizon.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> That lens is taking serious aim at my pocketbook. >>>> >>>> Are they only announcing the 50 and 85 this weekend? >>>> >>> >>> That's all I've seen so far. They are promising at the moment that for >>> 2017 or later, they will introduce a wide angle single focus (this is >>> single focal length (that's a prime lens, if Dodo is still reading)) :), >>> a large aperture standard prime, a large aperture medium telephoto >>> prime, a large aperture ultra wide angle prime and a fish-eye zoom. >>> >>> See the road-map here: >>> >>> >>> http://www.photographyblog.com/news/pentax_lens_roadmaps_at_photokina_2016/ >>> >>> I'm excited about the 50. The standard lens is my favorite walk around, >>> though this one is big enough that I might not like it so much, and I >>> already have an A*85/1.4, which is excellent, so the 85 is only somewhat >>> interesting to me. >>> I saw a mock up of the new 50mm sitting beside the FA50/1.4, the new one >>> looks to be about 3 times the size of the old one. >> >> >> Here's the picture: >> >> https://pageshot.net/images/c6310f79-2aca-47f4-8bd8-6c3fbd0835d0.png >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -- Reduce your Government Footprint > > -- > 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.
