16-50 redo
They are yes, and it promises to be an outstanding lens.
Mike Muizenbelt did a short review of a pre-release copy on Youtube.
It is focussing fast and accurate, and is amazingly sharp, even in the corners.
However, since I already have the older one (SDM) which works OK, and also have the K1 with 24-70 en 15-30, an upgrade is not really worth it at some 1400 Euros/dollars I think ;-)
Regards, JvW
On 15 Jul 2021, at 08:49, Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com wrote:
It looks like Ricoh is coming out with a new version of the 16-50:
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/star_lens/special/sp_da16-50/interview/
My first thought is that they really ought to have made it a 15-50 or some other adjustment to the range just so it isn’t confused for the original.
I also note that this bodes well for K-3 iii owners, but maybe not so well for the K-1 crowd.
In any case, it will be interesting to see how it actually performs once it is available.
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It sounds like Ricoh is designing wonderful niche lenses that few need and
fewer can afford.
Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 6:03 AM pentax@dfsee.com wrote:
They are yes, and it promises to be an outstanding lens.
Mike Muizenbelt did a short review of a pre-release copy on Youtube.
It is focussing fast and accurate, and is amazingly sharp, even in the
corners.
However, since I already have the older one (SDM) which works OK, and also
have the K1 with 24-70 en 15-30, an upgrade is not really worth it at some
1400 Euros/dollars I think ;-)
Regards, JvW
On 15 Jul 2021, at 08:49, Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com wrote:
It looks like Ricoh is coming out with a new version of the 16-50:
My first thought is that they really ought to have made it a 15-50 or
some other adjustment to the range just so it isn’t confused for the
original.
I also note that this bodes well for K-3 iii owners, but maybe not so
well for the K-1 crowd.
In any case, it will be interesting to see how it actually performs once
it is available.
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On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 8:48 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola, danmatyola@gmail.com
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It sounds like Ricoh is designing wonderful niche lenses that few need and
fewer can afford.
That's what being a niche player is all about. It worked for Leica for
decades.
bill
Yes, but no company has the snob appeal of Leica!
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On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 12:54 PM Bill anotherdrunkensot@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 8:48 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola, <danmatyola@gmail.com
wrote:
It sounds like Ricoh is designing wonderful niche lenses that few need
and
fewer can afford.
That's what being a niche player is all about. It worked for Leica for
decades.
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Leica almost died a couple of times.
I'll bet Pentax still makes money for Ricoh on every unit sold. In fact
the imaging division may be the only profit center making a profit.
There is also a lot of synergy in their current, and past digital camera
lines. I expect the the next K1 iteration will have the focusing module
that's in the K-3III and the new processing engine with very little
difference in programming, but a faster bus, to make the frame rate a
bit more competitive.
If there is a follow on to the 645z, and I think there probably will be
since most of the R&D was done for the K-3III, the new bus, processor
and AF modules will all be rolled into that model, with only minimal
changes to firmware, and almost no changes to the actual hardware beyond
flex boards and chips.
It would be nice to see a few new lenses for the 645 line but when I was
working for an actual working pro, he only had two normal lenses, a wide
and portrait telephoto for his brace of Bronicas.
On 7/16/2021 1:03 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Yes, but no company has the snob appeal of Leica!
Dan Matyola
https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 12:54 PM Bill anotherdrunkensot@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 8:48 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola, <danmatyola@gmail.com
wrote:
It sounds like Ricoh is designing wonderful niche lenses that few need
and
fewer can afford.
That's what being a niche player is all about. It worked for Leica for
decades.
bill
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Leica is putting their name onto Huawei camera phones these days.
The mighty have kind of fallen off their plinth.
On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 11:04 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola, danmatyola@gmail.com
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Yes, but no company has the snob appeal of Leica!
Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 12:54 PM Bill anotherdrunkensot@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 8:48 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola, <
wrote:
It sounds like Ricoh is designing wonderful niche lenses that few need
and
fewer can afford.
That's what being a niche player is all about. It worked for Leica for
decades.
bill
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Does it count if you put a few pictures on your noticeboard?
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On 16-Jul-21 07:22 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Leica almost died a couple of times.
I'll bet Pentax still makes money for Ricoh on every unit sold. In
fact the imaging division may be the only profit center making a profit.
There is also a lot of synergy in their current, and past digital
camera lines. I expect the the next K1 iteration will have the
focusing module that's in the K-3III and the new processing engine
with very little difference in programming, but a faster bus, to make
the frame rate a bit more competitive.
If there is a follow on to the 645z, and I think there probably will
be since most of the R&D was done for the K-3III, the new bus,
processor and AF modules will all be rolled into that model, with only
minimal changes to firmware, and almost no changes to the actual
hardware beyond flex boards and chips.
It would be nice to see a few new lenses for the 645 line but when I
was working for an actual working pro, he only had two normal lenses,
a wide and portrait telephoto for his brace of Bronicas.
On 7/16/2021 1:03 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Yes, but no company has the snob appeal of Leica!
Dan Matyola
https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 12:54 PM Bill anotherdrunkensot@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 8:48 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola,
<danmatyola@gmail.com
wrote:
It sounds like Ricoh is designing wonderful niche lenses that few need
and
fewer can afford.
That's what being a niche player is all about. It worked for Leica for
decades.
bill
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Am 16.07.21 um 18:54 schrieb Bill:
That's what being a niche player is all about. It worked for Leica for
decades.
But lately only thanks to rich collectors from the Far East.
Their traditional European customer base of lawyers and dentists with
lots of undeclared money is slowly dying and most European countries no
longer allow bigger cash payments.
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