Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Again, remember price point. For your willingness to spend the money >to get a 1DS (that's correct isn't it?) Canon is a far better line for >you to be in. Even though Pal disagrees with me, I think Pentax >caters to Pros in the medium format market. Their 35mm offerings are >really geared towards amateurs and hobbyists. Want to venture a guess >on how much that new Canon is going to cost?
Presumably, less than their 17-35/2.8, which is only around $1200 street price. >Thursday, February 27, 2003, 9:41:12 AM, you wrote: > >MR> I'm probably not alone in my disappointment that Pentax's new 18-35 zoom >MR> is a cheesy "J" lens with an aperture of 4.0-5.6, but it makes it even >MR> worse to see something like this: > >MR> 17-40mm zoom >MR> Constant f/4.0 aperture >MR> Canon mount :( >MR> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0302/03022709canonef1740.asp -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
