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09-29-2015, 05:40 AM   #331
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Franc, I love your Foxes... how do you find / get close enough to them?

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A pair of very wet Rainbow Lorikeets. k-3 with 150-450
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Franc, I love your Foxes... how do you find / get close enough to them?
its a nature reserve where they live but not fenced off, the animals are wild so you have to be carefull. Their skittish but curious.
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Any idea about sales numbers?

You people keep on posting very good pictures taken with the 150-450. Thanks for that and keep them coming! One day I might own one too...!

Does anyone know how good (or bad) this lens is selling? I mean, does it pay off for Pentax? Does anyone know something about sales numbers? Just curios.
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A few from a very bumpy pelagic trip. I was surprised I got anything in focus.





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A few from a very bumpy pelagic trip. I was surprised I got anything in focus.
Your shooting with a Pentax, off course you get anything in focus!

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QuoteOriginally posted by ukhozi Quote
Does anyone know how good (or bad) this lens is selling? I mean, does it pay off for Pentax? Does anyone know something about sales numbers? Just curios.
Given the nature of this forum, there will be no known fact base around the question you ask (Pentax doesn't make that information available), however, many people will self develop quite elaborate theories on the matter that will in time come from them (or be stated by them) as self evident truths.

As an observation, in Australia it seemed that it was sold out for some time and a new shipment arrived a couple of weeks ago. Some would deduce from this that it is selling well and sold out....... equally one could make up a story that the importer was pesimistic about the sales of such an expensive lens and got caught out by initially ordering too few.

As time goes by and the price settles on the lens others will declare it's not selling as well as Pentax had hoped........

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QuoteOriginally posted by noelpolar Quote
Given the nature of this forum, there will be no known fact base around the question you ask (Pentax doesn't make that information available), however, many people will self develop quite elaborate theories on the matter that will in time come from them (or be stated by them) as self evident truths.

As an observation, in Australia it seemed that it was sold out for some time and a new shipment arrived a couple of weeks ago. Some would deduce from this that it is selling well and sold out....... equally one could make up a story that the importer was pesimistic about the sales of such an expensive lens and got caught out by initially ordering too few.

As time goes by and the price settles on the lens others will declare it's not selling as well as Pentax had hoped........
Thanks for your opinion. Your observations in Australia seem to indicate that the lens is selling better than shops have estimated.
Here in Germany the price has remaind stable since it hit the market. I wonder if that means, that the lens is selling well enough so shops don´t need to lower the price. In my opinion the 150-450 might get more popular with a FF coming in spring 2016 and prices might remain stable even after the christmas sales.
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QuoteOriginally posted by ukhozi Quote
Does anyone know how good (or bad) this lens is selling? I mean, does it pay off for Pentax? Does anyone know something about sales numbers?
No one has any idea about real sales numbers. However, I was curious so I went through this thread and counted the number of different posters with images here. That comes to 22 as of today. For a lens of this cost I find that number to be quite good. Considering it is only Pentax Forum members who posted in this thread.

Maybe others would think differently but I'm impressed both with the quality of the results and number showing up here.
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QuoteOriginally posted by ukhozi Quote
You people keep on posting very good pictures taken with the 150-450. Thanks for that and keep them coming! One day I might own one too...!

Does anyone know how good (or bad) this lens is selling? I mean, does it pay off for Pentax? Does anyone know something about sales numbers? Just curios.
Hi!
I ordered mine in the Pentax flagship store in Beijing. It took ~6 weeks to get it there from Japan. I think it's selling quite well.
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QuoteOriginally posted by jatrax Quote
No one has any idea about real sales numbers. However, I was curious so I went through this thread and counted the number of different posters with images here. That comes to 22 as of today. For a lens of this cost I find that number to be quite good. Considering it is only Pentax Forum members who posted in this thread.

Maybe others would think differently but I'm impressed both with the quality of the results and number showing up here.
Clever!
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it went for a pose to be taken



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A pair of very wet Rainbow Lorikeets. k-3 with 150-450
Stunning colours and sharpness !!

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QuoteOriginally posted by Franc Quote
it went for a pose to be taken

That second shot of the fox is a real keeper and very unusual .... lovely pic !!
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