Re: Adorama has Pentax 17-70 at astoundingly low price.

[Mark C]

That price is really quite good. I paid a flat $500  for my copy in 
January, 2014. This has been my go to lens when using a normal zoom. I 
find my copy to be excellent when stopped down to f8 or more. It is 
somewhat soft at f4, improves significantly at 5.6 and is excellent at 
f8. It is softer than 16-45 f4 (which is really excellent) at f4 and 
f5.6, but is on par with it at f8. In terms of chromatic aberration, the 
17-70 is better than the 16-45 at all apertures, IMO. The silent 
operation of the 17-70 is really nice.


It's not a dream lens by any measure but a good workhorse. Still looking 
for the dream lens.


Mark

On 10/21/2015 6:44 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
The reviews at Adorama are all 4 and 5 star.  A lot of the bad reviews 
seem to go back to the original SDM introduction, and we know what a 
disaster that was.


On 10/21/2015 5:11 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I had one on loan from Pentax marketing. It was excellent, but I 
suppose it might have been cherry picked.


Paul via phone


On Oct 21, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:

It's the same price at Amazon. Customer reviews of it are pretty
terrible for a Pentax lens.

http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-17-70mm-Lens-Digital-Cameras/product-reviews/B001AZ8N6M/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8=1=bySubmissionDateDescending 





On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 3:33 PM, P.J. Alling 
 wrote:
The deal includes a 3 year extended warranty.  I wonder if that 
means that

Ricoh is going to discontinue it.

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Adorama has Pentax 17-70 at astoundingly low price.

[P.J. Alling]

The deal includes a 3 year extended warranty.  I wonder if that means 
that Ricoh is going to discontinue it.


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Re: Adorama has Pentax 17-70 at astoundingly low price.

[Paul Stenquist]

I had one on loan from Pentax marketing. It was excellent, but I suppose it 
might have been cherry picked.

Paul via phone

> On Oct 21, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:
> 
> It's the same price at Amazon. Customer reviews of it are pretty
> terrible for a Pentax lens.
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-17-70mm-Lens-Digital-Cameras/product-reviews/B001AZ8N6M/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8=1=bySubmissionDateDescending
> 
> 
> 
>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 3:33 PM, P.J. Alling  
>> wrote:
>> The deal includes a 3 year extended warranty.  I wonder if that means that
>> Ricoh is going to discontinue it.
>> 
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Re: Adorama has Pentax 17-70 at astoundingly low price.

[Darren Addy]

It's the same price at Amazon. Customer reviews of it are pretty
terrible for a Pentax lens.

http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-17-70mm-Lens-Digital-Cameras/product-reviews/B001AZ8N6M/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8=1=bySubmissionDateDescending



On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 3:33 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:
> The deal includes a 3 year extended warranty.  I wonder if that means that
> Ricoh is going to discontinue it.
>
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Re: Adorama has Pentax 17-70 at astoundingly low price.

[P.J. Alling]

The reviews at Adorama are all 4 and 5 star.  A lot of the bad reviews 
seem to go back to the original SDM introduction, and we know what a 
disaster that was.


On 10/21/2015 5:11 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

I had one on loan from Pentax marketing. It was excellent, but I suppose it 
might have been cherry picked.

Paul via phone


On Oct 21, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:

It's the same price at Amazon. Customer reviews of it are pretty
terrible for a Pentax lens.

http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-17-70mm-Lens-Digital-Cameras/product-reviews/B001AZ8N6M/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8=1=bySubmissionDateDescending




On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 3:33 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:
The deal includes a 3 year extended warranty.  I wonder if that means that
Ricoh is going to discontinue it.

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Re: Adorama has Pentax 17-70 at astoundingly low price.

[David J Brooks]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:44 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:
> The reviews at Adorama are all 4 and 5 star.  A lot of the bad reviews seem
> to go back to the original SDM introduction, and we know what a disaster
> that was.

My two copies were horrible, maybe they were older lenses in the warehouse

Dave
>
>
> On 10/21/2015 5:11 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>>
>> I had one on loan from Pentax marketing. It was excellent, but I suppose
>> it might have been cherry picked.
>>
>> Paul via phone
>>
>>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:
>>>
>>> It's the same price at Amazon. Customer reviews of it are pretty
>>> terrible for a Pentax lens.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-17-70mm-Lens-Digital-Cameras/product-reviews/B001AZ8N6M/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8=1=bySubmissionDateDescending
>>>
>>>
>>>
 On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 3:33 PM, P.J. Alling
  wrote:
 The deal includes a 3 year extended warranty.  I wonder if that means
 that
 Ricoh is going to discontinue it.

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