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09-11-2012, 12:47 PM   #166
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May i stress that i find it very pretentious to state on lens' quality or performance, with only the number of glass they are made of ?

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By the time I got all the adaptors and other accessories I would need to use this as a terrestrial lens, the total street cost would approach $5,000. So what would another $2,000 get me if I bought the 560? I would get the ability to AF, meter, change aperture, and not have to add extension tubes for closer focus, plus have AW sealing for the lens. Are those worth another $2k? If the 560's IQ is comparable to my TV85, then it would make that lens much more usable to me for wildlife shooting and I would work at saving the money to buy one.
I appreciate your insights into pricing of telescopes here, but shouldn't it be less expensive for a manufacturer to redesign a telescope as a "terrestrial lens" (this is the first I've heard this term) than for one to buy a telescope and adapt it into such? Can they not leave out and save on superfluous components? Or are telescopes marketed in a modular way, so there no real superfluous components to speak of?
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LPA,
Additionally, the Televue NP101 appears to be an apochromatic lens, which has every right to be costlier than one with two ED elements. Or am I merely confusing myself by trying to translate telescopic terms to my photographic vocabulary?
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QuoteOriginally posted by Timothy Quote
I appreciate your insights into pricing of telescopes here, but shouldn't it be less expensive for a manufacturer to redesign a telescope as a "terrestrial lens" (this is the first I've heard this term) than for one to buy a telescope and adapt it into such? Can they not leave out and save on superfluous components? Or are telescopes marketed in a modular way, so there no real superfluous components to speak of?
What would need to be added to an astronomical scope to make it a camera lens are the things I listed: AF, metering, change of aperture and wider focal range. The only thing on the scope that is more elaborate than needed for terrestrial use is the focuser. Nevertheless, the 10:1 fine focus knob on my TV85 is invaluable for focusing, so I wouldn't want that to go.

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until we see some real world tests and reviews it's hard to say how out o lunch they are on price. certainly the 500 mm canon and nikon (and sony) are more expensive and shorter, but also faster. in relation to those and even the sigma i think they may be off buy at least a grand to 1500 on what the market will value it at.
the really dumb one though is the rebranded tamron at $800. that's just a silly damn price.though i guess if you compare with the nikon 18-300 at 999 it seems ok. Nikon adds VR but then again they have to

EDIT: and why is this not at least the most basic level of WR which is the best selling point for the lineup
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The lens cost what you should expect a 560/5.6 with two ED elements and seven elements in six groups to cost.
It is 6 elements in 5 groups - only if you add the inserted rear filter you will result in 7 elements in 6 groups.
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A similar Nikon or Canon won't cost less. It gives exactly as much value for money as you should expect
Nikon or Canon maybe could sell such an overpriced lens due to reputation. Value is below 3k€ imho. The number of elements certainly should be reflected in the final price. There is a lot of free space in this (cheapo) design.
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There is a lot of free space in this (cheapo) design.
It's not free space. It's full of pixie dust, which is very expensive -- there's enough in there for eight or ten Limiteds.

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Now, try a telescope at close range...
"Fat Max at 17 feet".
Hardest part is focusing with very thin DOF. This was taken with 900mm f7.5 APO, 2 elements (one FPL-53 ED glass) in 1 group. Used to retail for $2k couple years ago. Now you can pick it up for around 1600 dollars.
The Pentax $7k is beyond my budget but most likely in the ball-park. Pentax never made cheap telescopes, they were top notch and running with Takahashi and rest of the best, to best of my knowledge.

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First, I stated that simpler lens designs (meaning those with fewer element or less exotic materials) should be less expensive. You then disagreed with me, and stated that designs with many elements are more expensive. That's what I quoted.
You are not telling the truth ! in fact i don't even know if you read what you wrote !

You said simpler lens design should cost less,

I said, that is not necessarly the case.

By the way let me do this remark : if i had said what you say i said which is "complex lens design cost more", it would have mean i had agree with you when you said "simpler cost less" wich is the reciprocity of what you say i would supposedly had said (Cheaper / simpler = expensive / complex).

(ffs, it's hard to make a conditional sentence in english !)


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I was hoping that Pentax had imagined that a telescope conversion would allow them to price themselves under the rest of the super-tele market with a lens that has a few compromises that distinguish it from the so-called pro-grade, but also a sizable market in place who is willing to put up with some idiosyncracies in the name of saving thousands of dollars. Instead, the compromises are all in place, yet they want to compete with the tools that --on paper-- beat the Pentax in every category save reach? Even if this lens is optically remarkable, finding its niche will be a major struggle.
For that point, i agree. it's a strange choice.
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May i stress that i find it very pretentious to state on lens' quality or performance, with only the number of glass they are made of ?
Actually, it's a pretty good indication, not pretentious at all.
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it's a strange choice.
Indeed. I personally would have found a xx*100-400 f4 very interesting.
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Indeed. I personally would have found a xx*100-400 f4 very interesting.
There is a DA 120-380 on the roadmap for 2013. Probably not F:4 though....
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There is a DA 120-380 on the roadmap for 2013. Probably not F:4 though....
which roadmap ? i haven't heard of anything like this lens ?!
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There is a DA 120-380 on the roadmap for 2013. Probably not F:4 though....
Fantastic, now the only problem is, how to tell my youngest daughter she will have to wait for her braces.
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which roadmap ? i haven't heard of anything like this lens ?!
The roadmap for 2013. "DA Tele zoom" it says ~120-380. A DA 1.4X converter will also come. I'm very interested in this lens...
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