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06-23-2017, 07:57 AM   #1
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Check out the new Tamron zoom, 18-400mm anybody?

Unfortunately this new lens has not been announced with a Pentax mount, just Canon and Nikon. It has a 22.2x zoom that might just make it a very versatile lens, depending on the image quality it provides obviously.


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Nice. But for Canon and Nikon only... as usual. We can't even get the 16-300. We shouldn't torture ourselves wondering if and when we might get this lens. We won't.
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Nice. But for Canon and Nikon only... as usual. We can't even get the 16-300. We shouldn't torture ourselves wondering if and when we might get this lens. We won't.
I don't know if it is still possible but Tamron have built Pentax labelled lenses in the past, maybe they can again.


Of course I torture myself with doing the lottery every week, masochism isn't so bad and I'm not talking the "not worksafe" type, just general pain and disappointment.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Skodadriver Quote
maybe they can again
D-FA15-30/2.8 and D-FA 24-70/2.8 - just how much of each is Tamron building and then Pentax finishing?

Ultimately with Tamron responsible for two of Pentax's flagship zooms (not *, please note), it's down to whether Ricoh Imaging thinks there's a place for an APS-C 18-400 in its lineup. If so, it might be willing to negotiate with Tamron for a Pentax-branded build or design licence. However, with the 55-300 PLM lens relatively fresh in the market, I don't see them rushing to anyone else's door for a lens (even a superzoom) which would compete with the long end of that.

IF - a big if - they felt the 18-270 was becoming sufficiently long in the tooth, then we might hear something about it. But I suspect they will be waiting for a bit longer to see how PLM performs in the real world, and then any superzoom which they bring out would probably incorporate it from the start.This would potentially mean a substantial redesign to the Tamron unit, with all the costs that involves. Plus, talk of a successor (especially one that promises more than the original) tends to kill sales for any lens dead, and among the amateur market news of an upcoming PLM WR 18-400 would probably wipe out sales for several of Pentax's current offerings.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Skodadriver Quote
Unfortunately this new lens has not been announced with a Pentax mount, just Canon and Nikon. It has a 22.2x zoom that might just make it a very versatile lens, depending on the image quality it provides obviously.


Tamron 18-400mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD review - Amateur Photographer
I had one of those, I now run with a 18 -200 Tamron lens for my K-5. Good lenses and a nice fit for the Pentax.

Could be misremembering, it was stolen a few years back. I do like the 18- 200, and then my Opeka 1300 w/ teleconverter that I'll use this summer for the Solar Eclipse.

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These days Pentax seems to be pitched as a prosumer brand. I can't see a lens like this fitting that brief.
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QuoteOriginally posted by imouse Quote
I had one of those, I now run with a 18 -200 Tamron lens for my K-5. Good lenses and a nice fit for the Pentax.
You had what? The 18-400 isn't even shipping yet. Availability is Late July...

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