[pres589]

Should start a rumor about Pentax releasing a limited run of "straight blade Ltd's" so we can get better star bursts out of the DA 15 and 70 again.

[superdave]

Should start a rumor about Pentax releasing a limited run of "straight blade Ltd's" so we can get better star bursts out of the DA 15 and 70 again.

+1 ;-)

In the same way we can choose between Black and Silver version of lenses, that would be awesome if we could choose Straight Blades (Landscape) or Rounded Blades (Portrait) version of lenses

[Serkevan]

+1 ;-)

In the same way we can choose between Black and Silver version of lenses, that would be awesome if we could choose Straight Blades (Landscape) or Rounded Blades (Portrait) version of lenses

This just in: Pentax releases world's first variable-shape diaphragm for the D FA 21 Limited. Up to f/5.6 the lens uses all 13 blades, out of which 6 are rounded off to preserve the bokeh, and beyond that aperture you get the choice of keeping them so or only the 7 straight blades for sunstars.


Am I making this up? Yes. Do I want it? Also yes.

[house]

This just in: Pentax releases world's first variable-shape diaphragm for the D FA 21 Limited. Up to f/5.6 the lens uses all 13 blades, out of which 6 are rounded off to preserve the bokeh, and beyond that aperture you get the choice of keeping them so or only the 7 straight blades for sunstars.


Am I making this up? Yes. Do I want it? Also yes.

I just hope Pentax is ahead of the curve and realise that prominent diffraction spikes are a gimmic about to fade into history.

[Zygonyx]

This just in: Pentax releases world's first variable-shape diaphragm for the D FA 21 Limited. Up to f/5.6 the lens uses all 13 blades, out of which 6 are rounded off to preserve the bokeh, and beyond that aperture you get the choice of keeping them so or only the 7 straight blades for sunstars.


Am I making this up? Yes. Do I want it? Also yes.

I'm in

The new denomination could be "SV" like "Starburst variation" (bearing in mind that the new Hyper-Program mode makes Sv mode somehow useless and that it has not been used in lens denomination).

[pres589]

I'm just surprised some of the DA 21 superfans didn't jump in and ask why I didn't include their lens in this Starburst Limited Ltd's thing (it's because I do not care about the DA 21).

[PocketPixels]

+1 ;-)

In the same way we can choose between Black and Silver version of lenses, that would be awesome if we could choose Straight Blades (Landscape) or Rounded Blades (Portrait) version of lenses

Fully agree. If Ricoh can do a wood-knurled KP, an infra-red-only KP marketed only to art museums and homicide detectives, and a green version of the GRIII, then it surely has the manufacturing bandwidth to do DA Limiteds with both HD coatings and straight aperture blades. Ricoh wouldn't need to invent a thing. These are parts they have previously manufactured at scale.

I'd pay $700 tomorrow for an "HD Starburst Special Edition" DA 21mm Limited. No hesitation at all.

I just hope Pentax is ahead of the curve and realise that prominent diffraction spikes are a gimmic about to fade into history.

The beautiful thing about prominent diffraction spikes, rear-curtain flash, swirly bokeh, classic film emulations, lens flare, and noise reduction is that anyone who doesn't like a particular aesthetic can adjust the equipment so as not to produce it. I have never once shot a 2-megapixel JPG with my K-S2, but you won't catch me hoping Pentax would deny that option to those who have found a use for it.

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[mee]

Reference link: Re: HD Pentax-D FA 70-200mm f/4: Pentax SLR Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review

That's incredible. I hope this isn't 10 total by 2025 or something.

Looks like they are reheating old LTD designs now and calling them new. So that appears to be a chunk of the 10. I'm far less impressed now.