On Fri, 18 May 2018 19:09:29 -0700 Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote:
> Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Reworking old lens formulas might not work. The optimum image > > circle isn’t the same. And there’s something about the older lenses > > that causes fringing. Clean sheet new designs are probably a better > > direction. In my experience, the new zooms are better than most of > > the A and FA primes. > > I'd love for them to take some of the Rokinon/Samyang primes, make > them weather sealed, and autofocus, maybe even HD coatings. My > Rokinon 24/1.4 is a stellar lens for night photography. They've got > a bunch of other nice looking lenses as well. > > They could also team up with Sigma to produce some of the new Sigma > lenses in Pentax mount, since Sigma isn't interested. since they have a history of collaboration with tamron, they could also rebadge the tamron 150-600 g2. but i am afraid that'll never happen for fear that it will eat into the sales of the DFA 150-450.... -- 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.