Asahi Man has weighed in with some cryptic details regarding this lens, if you can figure out what in tarnation he is saying.
Quote: "It is a * Lens,so it have SDM. But........not the current version. No * but higher end is using the DC motordrive,like the 560mm. Build like *,but DC Drive. Next big one what we see is also like a * but without a * Looks like it comes together with the new *." Source: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3620252/53069222 On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > Thu Feb 6 20:24:58 EST 2014 > Matthew Hunt mph at pobox.com > >> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Miserere <miserere at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Do Ricoh care about Pentax? I think they do! >> > >> > http://photorumors.com/2014/02/06/new-2014-pentax-k-mount-lens-roadmap-published-with-a-new-70-200mm-lens/ >> >> That sure sounds like a full frame lens, and they didn't state the >> designation (e.g. DA) like they do for the others. > > I thought it would be a DA* lens, but you might be right, and it would > be just a * (star) lens. > > I would be also interested in something that looks like 16(17?)-85, > especially if it is f/4 or faster. > > Igor > > > > -- > 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. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- 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.

