And DA or DA* lenses, which are quite compact and intended for the compact APS-C cameras.
Paul via phone > On Feb 28, 2017, at 3:58 AM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > > So if you want small(er) lenses, stick to screw drive or MF? > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: P. J. Alling > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 5:55 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: D FA★ 85mm F1.4 > > Well they all have internal focusing motors and probably internal > aperture motors. Those will take up a certian amount of room. Then > there's the extra lens elements to correct for sharpness robbing > aberrations. So be careful what you ask for I guess. Face it lenses > will be bigger. Sure it frees up design but that freedom will most > likely be used to make manufacture easier, more than anything else. > > >> On 2/27/2017 10:33 AM, Gonz 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. >> >> > > > -- > 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. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > 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.
