I'd expect to see any such lens announced as a possible 'kit lens' with the new FF body.
I'm with Paul, though - the newly announced item that interests me the most is the 150-450 zoom. I've got an 80-200/f2.8 that I haven't used since I got the 60-250/f4, so the 70-200 doesn't really tempt me. And while the new body will provide a crop mode for use with DA lenses, I assume that just means you'd be stuck with using a smaller part of the image area in an optical viewfinder. The rear screen live view could magnify the cropped image, but I don't see how to do that if you've using the main viewfinder unless there is another component that the camera can switch into the optical path. The 150-450, however, has almost double the reach of the 60-250, and looks to be a lot more convenient to carry around than the 250-600. Mind you, if they offered a new 2x TC that worked with the 70-200 I might change my mind ... On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 09:22:55PM -0500, Mark C wrote: > I'm a little surprised that a normal zoom (24/28 - 70/100) was not > announced, though there is plenty of time between now and mid October. > > Mark > > > On 2/3/2015 10:38 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > >Via Asahi Man at DP Review, according to Photo Rumors, two new lenses are > >to be released on 5 Feb. Both are D-FA. > > > >Let FFF (full frame frenzy) commence.... > > > >HD Pentax-D FA 70-200mm f/2.8 > >Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 > > > >http://photorumors.com/2015/02/03/ricoh-to-announce-the-hd-pentax-d-fa-70-200mm-f2-8-and-150-450mm-f4-5-5-6-lenses/ > > > > > > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
