Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
06-02-2019, 04:49 PM
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Yes, and in lenses like the 55-300mm PLM, Pentax demonstrates mastery over that "simple engineering". :D
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
06-01-2019, 09:06 PM
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Companies haven't quite figured this out yet, but 'push' by them is less important than 'pull' from consumers; their success depends on their delivering what the customers want. I moved from Pentax to Canon in 1995 because I considered Canon's EF/USM lenses to be superior to what Pentax was trying to sell; I was not alone - the transition to AF is one of the times when Canon became a market leader {I moved back to Pentax in 2015 because I had reliability issues with Rebel bodies}. In other areas, Coke was forced by market forces to go back to "Old Coke", and IBM's fabled marketing wasn't able to maintain the company's dominant position.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
06-01-2019, 08:50 PM
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The important question should be: what tracking ability does a particular individual need? I took the photos below one week ago - using the DA 55-300 PLM + 1.4X TC on a KP (I believe I was using 9-point AF} while we were at Pt Pelee National Park in Canada; they are not great photos, but this combination delivered what I needed. After that {long} weekend, I'm convinced that combination can attain {and maintain} focus on anything I can get into the viewfinder ..... unlike my K-30, I am now the weak-link in wildlife shots, and I am comfortable with that. |