PentaxLife Tag: 60-250mm

Vitali on "PMA in Melbourne and DA* 16-50mm hands on"

Vitali — Sun, 06 May 2007 08:31:54 +0000

Another PMA Melbourne report from DPReview Pentax forum user Jimbob Productions here.

645D mock up

Vitali on "PMA in Melbourne and DA* 16-50mm hands on"

Vitali — Sat, 05 May 2007 10:22:03 +0000

PDML user Leon Altoff just come back from the Melbourne PMA show and shared his impressions of Pentax DA* 16-50mm F2.8 lens:

The lens focusing was, as far as I could tell in the noisy environment, completely silent. I don't think it focussed much faster than the DA16-45 that I am used to, but it was certainly smoother and quieter.

The lens was smooth all round in terms of use. The zoom and manual focus feel were good and from what I could see through the viewfinder was nice and sharp. I did press the shutter and an image appeared on the LCD but then came the message "No card in camera".

The rep behind the counter did say that a firmware upgrade would be necessary to use the new lenses, but exactly what will work and not work without the upgrade I don't know. They were rather swamped with people - many with K10D's around their neck - and I couldn't monopolize too
much of their time.

I looked at the 60-250 mock up through the glass and also handled the Sigma 100-300f4 which is my other option for that range of zoom. The Sigma is much larger, particularly wider and I like to travel reasonably light so I think I'm going to save my pennies for the release of the 60-250.

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The 645D was also a mock up, unfortunately.

Vitali on "Filter size for new lens"

Vitali — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:13:03 +0000

This information is not yet available. But looking at the 60-250mm photos here
http://pentaxlife.com/three-new-stars-by-pentax
I can say it is no more than 77mm.

wfa9ir84 on "Filter size for new lens"

wfa9ir84 — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:13:01 +0000

Need info on proposed Pentax DA* 60-250mm f/4 lens.
I would like to ascertain the filter size. I called
Pentax in Golden, Colorado, but they did not have
the info. I was hoping that someone ( lie Ben )
might be privy to the ifo.
Thanking you in advance,
wfa9ir84 ( Clem)