Pentax announced new stuffs

By blacktulip • February 25, 2007

Well, first of all, the legendary Pentax 645D DSLR with a 31.6 megapixels Kodak ccd. We have to admit that it looks not as fancy as the Hasselblad H3D-31 which has the same amount of pixels. But 645 is way larger than 44*33. So I guess we can expect better image quality and wider dynamic range from 645D, oh, of course higher price too, unfortunately. And of course, a lens for this high-end DSLR is accounced together, the smc PENTAX-D FA645 55mm F2.8, none of my business anyway. Let go into some familiar area, the lens for aps-c size DSLRs, after the DA* 16-50/2.8, DA* 50-135/2.8, three more star series lens was announced this time, which are DA* 200/2.8, DA* 300/4 and DA* 60-250/4. Anti dust/drop, supersonic motor etc. However they are all DA lens which means not suitable for full frame camaras. Personally I dont like them. And, as usual, can not afford them either Two other little stuffs would be the weird smc PENTAX-DA 35mm F2.8 Macro Limited and the tiny flashgun PENTAX AF200FG. I dont know why a 1:1 macro lens chooses to use 35mm. Can you image how close the distance from the glass to the object would be? THe best explaination can be like: “It is mainly a 35/2.8 ‘digital standard lens’ but also a good macro lens”, just like the well-known pentax FA-50/2.8 macro. But that one is a FA lens. And the flashgun…I can not really see any good from it except the compact size. but with a guide number of 20, why dont I just use the internal flash? To sum up, Nothing interested me for the moment…well that not really true since nobody can resist the crazy 645D. But for a good reason (and you know what it is) I just wont bother thinking about it.