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Pentax lens selection

Started Jan 5, 2017 | Questions thread
Petroglyph
Petroglyph Veteran Member • Posts: 6,096
Re: Pentax lens selection

pedro1 wrote:

Hi,

I have been contemplating for long time to move from point-and-shoot to DSLR gear, mainly go around/travel type, and I am thinking of Pentax. Now that Pentax finally came with entry level 24 Mps K-70, I am looking at lenses. 16-85 mm seems almost as obvious one, at least would satisfy most of my needs, but I am wondering if someone has heard about possibility of Pentax releasing 16 - 85 or 16 - 80 ( similar to Nikon ), weather sealed 2.8 - 4.0 lens? I would have gone with Nikon combination ( lens plus D5300 - D5500) if it was weather sealed but it is not. I don't want to carry more than one lens and such a lens would cover for me trips to museums and outdoors...

I think the new ones will be mostly primes this year.  (A reasonably fast 23mm (maybe f/2) would make a nice 35mm all 'rounder on the K70. )  We're all waiting for the CP+ show in February.  Ricoh has made announcements at this show in the past.

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