Originally posted by bdery .... The AF system is not on a level with the more recent lenses, ... it's just that the 60-250 is ALSO very good.
and I repeatedly repeat your words: ".The 70-210 is a pretty good lens"Smallish size, center sharpness, superb AF, great optical performances, fair price, these are all perks but it's just that the 60-250 is ALSO very good", and so I repeat myself about DFA 70-210 / 4 :" does not give and not offer one "wow which lens for money " , a play on words that speaks the truth, and they could only adjust DA* 60-250 / 4 for DFA 60-250 / 4, intentionally omit * due "to them known" optical defects, it would be a lens for that says: "wow which lens and there is only Pentax", something like DFA * 85 / 1,4 but as an ordinary consumer lens
it would be a complete hit for the arrival of new consumers and the joy of old ones
this is a kind of awkward compromise for old users but not for attracting new ones, unfortunately
In the FA series, Pentax had for consumer lenses with aperture from f 4 to f 5.8 for 1 x 70-200 + 1 x 80-200 + 2 x 100-300 + 2 x 80-320 (really really pile),
so it could now have both DFA 60-250 / 4 in addition to DFA 70-210 / 4 and DA* 60-250 / 4 (a much smaller and much higher quality pile) ,it would be a real lure for new users and a joy for us old ones
yet that DFA 60-250 / 4 is silver consumer lens === aua which bait with reason
Last edited by mbukal; 09-22-2020 at 11:40 AM.