Joseph wrote:
> If the *ist is a medium-level camera -- which it could be from its > features -- then why package it (or even show it) with a crippled J lens? Because Canon sell loads of lenses without aperture rings.... > For that matter, would photographers serious enough to buy the digital > slr want it with a J lens? They want the non-serious photographers to buy into digital SLR's. This is the ony way for prices to come down to a level so that serious ones will buy them. And nothing prevent the serious shooters to pair the *ist with a non FA J lens. > I sincerely hope Pentax succeeds, but their reasoning elused me. The reasoning is to sell a lot of cameras and lenss. P�l
