My Next Lens?

[DarknFuzzy]

Hello All

I'm in a little bit of a quandry about which lens to save my hard earned pennies for. I have a Pentax K100d and my lens collection currently consists of:

Pentax SMC-DA 18-55mm AF
Pentax SMC-A 50mm MF
Takumara-A Zoom 28-80mm MF

I am lacking something in the telephoto range for wildlife etc, so I am thinking about going for this one:

Tamron 70-300mm

Any advice, suggestions or pointers will be appreciated. Thanks.

DnF

 

[magpieant]

Hi mate.

Don't know if this is of any use to you, but ....

If the k100d has a Pentax Ka fit, I have the following lenses from an old SLR camera.

Don't want much for them if you're interested in taking them off my hands ...

Hoya 35-75mm lens, 55mm thread. f4 - f22.

Mitsuki 100 - 200mm. 58mm thread. f4 - f22

28mm prime lens. Mira.... writing has slightly rubbed off lens so I am unsure of make. Lens works fine. 49mm thread. f2.8 - 22

Infravision 75 - 300mm zoom. 58mm thread. f4.5 - 22.

Cheers.

Anth.

 

[magpieant]

PS - I also have that Tamron lens on my d50 and it is a lovely piece of kit - nice images.

The nearest to it for the price is the equivalent Sigma 70-300mm, but there is not much between the two at all.

Anth.

 

[King_Boru]

Hello All

I'm in a little bit of a quandry about which lens to save my hard earned pennies for. I have a Pentax K100d and my lens collection currently consists of:

Pentax SMC-DA 18-55mm AF
Pentax SMC-A 50mm MF
Takumara-A Zoom 28-80mm MF

I am lacking something in the telephoto range for wildlife etc, so I am thinking about going for this one:

Tamron 70-300mm

Any advice, suggestions or pointers will be appreciated. Thanks.

DnF

Aye, might be worth sitting it out as Pentax are releasing a few new telephotos very shortly.

Hold off for now if I were you bud. See whats round the corner.

King.

 

[DarknFuzzy]

Thanks for the offer of the lenses, I'll have a think about it. I have heard some good things about Tamron lenses too which i why i started to look at this one.

I hadn't heard about the new Telephotos though, i'll do some googling and see what I can find. Thanks

DnF

 

[Phil T]

I have a Tamron AF70-300 f4-5.6 Di lens for sale - advertised at £90 if you are interested....

 

[King_Boru]

Firstly, these two are available within days:

Major Features of the smc PENTAX-DA* 16-50mm F2.8ED AL[IF]SDM Lens

* When mounted on a PENTAX digital SLR camera body, this 3.1x zoom lens covers angles of view from 24.5mm to 76.5mm (in 35mm format). This versatile ultra-wide to medium-telephoto coverage, can be used as a handy standard zoom lens in a wide variety of applications, including landscape, snapshot and portrait.
* Incorporating two ED (extra-low dispersion) elements and three aspherical elements, this versatile zoom lens effectively compensates for chromatic and spherical aberrations.


Specifications

* Lens mount PENTAX KAF2 mount
* Lens construction 15 elements in 12 groups
* Angle of view 83-31.5°( when used with PENTAX Digital SLR camera body)
* Aperture control Automatic
* Minimum aperture F22
* Number of diaphragm blades 9
* Metering system TTL open-aperture metering
* Minimum focusing distance 0.3 m
* Filter size 77mm
* Maximum magnification 0.21x
* Dimensions(diameter x length) 84mm x 98.5mm (3.3 inches x 3.9 inches)
* Weight 565g ( 19.9 oz) without hood /600g ( 21.2 oz) with hood

Major Features of the smc PENTAX-DA* 50-135mm F2.8ED [IF]SDM Lens

When mounted on a PENTAX digital SLR camera body, this 2.7x zoom lens covers angles of view from 76.5mm to 207mm (in 35mm format). Coupled with a large maximum aperture of f/2.8, it is a perfect telephoto zoom lens for applications such as portraiture, featuring beautifully constructed, out-of-focus backgrounds, and sports photography freezing split-second action at high shutter speeds.

Incorporating three ED (extra-low dispersion) elements, this telephoto zoom lens effectively minimises the chromatic aberrations which would be particularly detrimental to image-forming performance.
This telephoto zoom lens is treated with PENTAX-original ghostless coating to effectively minimise internal reflections in the optical elements and greatly improve contrast and clarity with backlit subjects.
Specifications

Lens mount PENTAX KAF2 mount
Lens construction 18 elements in 14 groups
Angle of view 31.5-11.9° ( when used with PENTAX Digital SLR camera body)
Aperture control Automatic
Minimum aperture F22
Number of diaphragm blades 9
Metering system TTL open-aperture metering
Minimum focusing distance 1.0 m
Filter size 67mm
Maximum magnification 0.17x
Dimensions(diameter x Length) 76.5mm x 136mm(3.0 inches x 5.4 inches)
Weight 685g ( 24.2 oz) without hood / 765g ( 27.0 oz) with hood

And these, should be available pretty soon too:

Overview of products on display

1. Three interchangeable lenses for exclusive use with PENTAX digital SLR cameras
These top of the range lenses are being developed as part of the Star-series lens range, which provide superior performance and technological excellence. The lenses also include the advanced SDM system that ensures smooth, quiet auto focusing operation using the supersonic motor installed in the lens body.

smc PENTAX-DA* 200mm f/2.8ED[IF]SDM

A uni-focal super-telephoto lens, with an angle of view equivalent to a 306mm lens in the 35mm format
Market launch scheduled for September 2007

smc PENTAX-DA* 300mm f/4ED[IF]SDM

A uni-focal super-telephoto lens, with an angle of view equivalent to a 460mm lens in the 35mm format
Market launch scheduled for September 2007

smc PENTAX-DA* 60-250mm f/4ED[IF]SDM

A super-telephoto zoom lens, with an angle-of-view coverage equivalent to a 92mm-383mm zoom lens in the 35mm format
Market launch scheduled for December 2007

MORE INFO:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022501pentaxatpma2007.asp