01-28-2017, 07:07 AM
Tamron's native lenses are changing to the SP label which will leave the older 15-30mm and 24-70mm lying high and dry just for Pentaxians.
Pentax's range of lenses is just stagnating, you can go back decades, still the same old stuff, I felt kinda sad having left the K mount at first, but man am I glad that I did now.
They still haven't replaced the plasticy DA*16-50mm F2.8 with it's constantly problematical SDM motor and dated optics, it's the K mount go to quality zoom and the Tamron 17-50 beats it.
Unashamedly Pentax never admitted officially to any problems with their SDM motors, if you don't use them regularly they stop working, so much so that they implemented the slower more dated DC motors into the "few" of their recent designs.
Pentaxians are gagging in the forums looking for lenses, and Pentax don't give them any.... I just flat out don't understand it!
Pentax's range of lenses is just stagnating, you can go back decades, still the same old stuff, I felt kinda sad having left the K mount at first, but man am I glad that I did now.
They still haven't replaced the plasticy DA*16-50mm F2.8 with it's constantly problematical SDM motor and dated optics, it's the K mount go to quality zoom and the Tamron 17-50 beats it.
Unashamedly Pentax never admitted officially to any problems with their SDM motors, if you don't use them regularly they stop working, so much so that they implemented the slower more dated DC motors into the "few" of their recent designs.
Pentaxians are gagging in the forums looking for lenses, and Pentax don't give them any.... I just flat out don't understand it!