On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 11:37:29PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > A 50-135 2.8 would be right up my alley. I am sort of planning on waiting to > see what new lenses Pentax comes up before I finally decide. (Unless I have > to > wait too long. :-)) > > Do you think some of these will be revealed at Photokina? Or later? Or not > tied into any show?
The 2006 Pentax lens roadmap showed both the 18-50 and 50-135 being released some time between now and the end of the year. My guess is that they'll be announced at the same time as the K10D, but will probably hit the shelves a few weeks later. If, as is widely believed, the K10D offers a new autofocus system they'll have to announce *something* in the way of lenses that use it; these two new f2.8 zooms (replacements for the 28-70/f2.8 and 80-200/f2.8) would seem to be the obvious candidates. The rumoured prices are quite steep, though; $1000 for the 18-50, and $1300 for the 50-135. Still, that's "only" $3500 or so for a K10D, battery grip, and both the f2.8 zooms; I was anticipating a significantly higher total. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
