Hi all,
FWIW, the 55/1.4 and 15/4 and 60-250/4 are not involved in the massive Pentax Price Increase and I believe the reason is, again IMVHO, because they were already "priced" with the increase in mind and I had a chance to play with the DA 55/1.4 (last night)
and
YOWZA.... what a sweet lens and very sharp ... here is a photo I took of myself -- using the old "point the camera towards ones self and press the shutter" technique ... here is the photo straight out of the camera and the only resizing was
done by Photobucket ( to a 1 MB file )
**EDIT..I resized the photo to 800x600 because the larger me was screwing up the thread **EDIT
.............. and the bloodshot eyes have not been enhanced for sympathy
Image info
File Name: DA55-Untouched-Mar18-09-IMGP5727.jpg (rename)
File Size: 218 kb - 800 x 536
Camera Make: PENTAX Corporation
Camera Model: PENTAX K200D
Date/Time: 2009:03:18 15:15:23
Resolution: 800 x 536
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 55.0mm (35mm equivalent: 82mm...
Exposure Time: 0.033 s (1/30)
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO Equiv.: 400
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: center weight
Exposure: program (auto)
Cheers from me and it off to work ............. to do a Pentax order
Jack Simpson
Last edited by Jack Simpson; 03-20-2009 at 11:26 PM.
Reason: reduce size of the photo