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Do we really need/want updated DA★ lenses?

Started Oct 27, 2020 | Polls thread
PocketPixels
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Re: Do we really need/want updated DA★ lenses?

Phil A Martin wrote:

James O'Neill wrote:

I'd like a DFA 28-200 WR. (doesn't need to be * or fast ) , And a DFA 28mm prime.

Then a DFA* 24 , more amigos for the DFA Limited 21. (Even updates to the 3 amigos to get them off screw drive and onto HD coatings instead of SMC)

My Pentax 21mm ltd is HD coated and I believe the others are also now available in HD versions.

Taking theses lenses off screwdrive would increase the size considerably and negate the whole point of them, which is to be small but high quality. Besides if you want a non screw-drive 21mm ltd. Then the new version should be released fairly soon.

Yes, careful what you wish for. The updates to the 21mm Limited and 15mm Limited rounded the aperture blades and ruined their astonishing starburst capabilities. I own both the HD and SMC versions of the 15mm Limited, and the "updated" one sits in a drawer. Who knows what may be lost if Pentax updates the FA Limiteds?

That said, someone here offered the idea that adding HD coatings to some of the older lenses in the K-mount lineup could be an easier way to update some older lenses without re-engineering the optical formula or the auto-focus mechanism. I'm not a lens engineer, so I can't be sure how "easy" an HD coating might be, but it sounds like less work than a completely new design and manufacturing setup.

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