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Monday, February 12, 2018
How Come an Announcement Will be Made on February 18 of 2018?
About the possibly forthcoming FDA*85mm/f1.4 lens, I have a few suggestions.
1.The lens maximum aperture should be designed to f/1.2, without changing the present optical formula. The quality/definition of the image may be reduced at f/1.2, which is not that important for portraiture, but the bokah would be better, which would be very desirable for portraiture. In fact the reduced quality/definition may be even more desirable for portraiture. If someone does not like it, well use f/1.4.
2.The lens should also be able to render soft focus images by selecting the desired effect by rotating a ring, as was provided in the previous Pentax lenses.
3.The lens may be designed as the macro lens. Therefore, all of the above properties would be available in the macro mode also.
4.With these innovations the lens may be a little costly, but would be the only lens available in the world. May be two versions of the lens may be made, one the less costly simple version, as planned; and the other the professional version, as discussed above.
About the possibly forthcoming FDA*85mm/f1.4 lens, I have a few suggestions.
1.The lens maximum aperture should be designed to f/1.2, without changing the present optical formula. The quality/definition of the image may be reduced at f/1.2, which is not that important for portraiture, but the bokah would be better, which would be very desirable for portraiture. In fact the reduced quality/definition may be even more desirable for portraiture. If someone does not like it, well use f/1.4.
2.The lens should also be able to render soft focus images by selecting the desired effect by rotating a ring, as was provided in the previous Pentax lenses.
3.The lens may be designed as the macro lens. Therefore, all of the above properties would be available in the macro mode also.
4.With these innovations the lens may be a little costly, but would be the only lens available in the world. May be two versions of the lens may be made, one the less costly simple version, as planned; and the other the professional version, as discussed above.
Why February 18th? All I see February 2018. Only in USA people use the (rather ilogic IMO) mm dd yy format. And as far as I remember Ricoh is a japanese company.
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ebk · 371 weeks ago
RiceHigh 110p · 370 weeks ago
Padmakar Srivastava · 370 weeks ago
1.The lens maximum aperture should be designed to f/1.2, without changing the present optical formula. The quality/definition of the image may be reduced at f/1.2, which is not that important for portraiture, but the bokah would be better, which would be very desirable for portraiture. In fact the reduced quality/definition may be even more desirable for portraiture. If someone does not like it, well use f/1.4.
2.The lens should also be able to render soft focus images by selecting the desired effect by rotating a ring, as was provided in the previous Pentax lenses.
3.The lens may be designed as the macro lens. Therefore, all of the above properties would be available in the macro mode also.
4.With these innovations the lens may be a little costly, but would be the only lens available in the world. May be two versions of the lens may be made, one the less costly simple version, as planned; and the other the professional version, as discussed above.
6x7 · 370 weeks ago
RiceHigh 110p · 370 weeks ago
Padmakar Srivastava · 370 weeks ago
1.The lens maximum aperture should be designed to f/1.2, without changing the present optical formula. The quality/definition of the image may be reduced at f/1.2, which is not that important for portraiture, but the bokah would be better, which would be very desirable for portraiture. In fact the reduced quality/definition may be even more desirable for portraiture. If someone does not like it, well use f/1.4.
2.The lens should also be able to render soft focus images by selecting the desired effect by rotating a ring, as was provided in the previous Pentax lenses.
3.The lens may be designed as the macro lens. Therefore, all of the above properties would be available in the macro mode also.
4.With these innovations the lens may be a little costly, but would be the only lens available in the world. May be two versions of the lens may be made, one the less costly simple version, as planned; and the other the professional version, as discussed above.
phoenix15 · 370 weeks ago
Luis · 370 weeks ago
prognathous230218 1p · 369 weeks ago
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/7689011008/pent...
Ricehigh, do you still own a K-1? If so, are you planning to upgrade its motherboard to a K-1 II?