Well, i did some snooping on the big three's websites today. Very disappointing. Seems most of the lenses i would like, are special order now. The one 31 and one 43 ltd at Henrys are gone. I noticed several Sigma and Tamron lenses in the 17-50 and 28-75 F2.8 range are all special order. Same for the Sigma 31, 28,24 etc. Vistek's FA 50 1.4's are special order, and just about all of Camera Canada Pentax lenses are special order.
I did find at Vistek, listed as new, a Tamron af 17-50 F2.8 Di II LD IF for $499. No product info but i looked at the listing for the Sony mount. It sounds like a good lens and if it performs like my Tamron 90 Macro(Nikon) i'd be happy. I would prefer to get a Pentax lens in this range, but if i can a good quality Tamron for 1/2 the price, WTF.:-) Any comments on these Tamrons.?? I quess all of the grumbling about lack of availability is true.:-) Dave On Jan 3, 2008 12:42 PM, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vistek has the FA 50/1.4 for $199 right now. Hanry's should match that > price (they're listing at $220 last I checked). > > -Adam > > > On 1/3/08, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey troops. > > > > The last two years, our fledgling radio station has put on a fund > > raiser music night, with local folky/blues talent. > > > > Some really good musicians up here. > > > > Any way, last year i wanted to shoot more natural light, as apposed to > > flash, and that was 1 reason i ordered > > the 77 lt, but iot came in to late. I used my A 50 f1.7 but for some > > reason back focused all the shots. I went with what my eye told me was > > focused, not the beep and AF confirmation light. > > > > My bad there. > > > > The lighting effect was good, but no shots were usable. Just the flash > > stuff was usable. > > > > We are planning another in Feb and i have been asked to shoot it > > again. I now have the 77 and would like one more AF fast prime, either > > a 35 or 50. I know there are a lot to choose from, but any personal > > favorites from doing this kind of work. The FA 50 1.7 seems to draw a > > lot of yea's. > > > > The 50-135 f 2.8 might work here aswell, but i'd rather not spend > > $1000 just now. > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > -- > > Equine Photography > > www.caughtinmotion.com > > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > > Ontario Canada > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
