JCO wrote: > See my last post. NOBODY chooses, uses, or buys > lenses based on purely age. It might sound > like nit picking but its not if some of the > older lenses have features you want and can > no longer get. It that case you arent buying > it because its OLD, you buying it because of > WHAT IT IS, not how old it is. There is a major > distiction there. I point it out because I am > beginning to sense that there are a lot of > people who are incorrecting assuming that the > K/M series are just OLDER less featured lenses > that can all be replaced with newer lenses > with all the exact same features as the KM > lenses but are unquestionably better because > of the new features added. that is not the case. > there were many great KM lenses that have not been > offered in later series mounts with similar specs and feautures. > Most notable is the smooth manual focusing feature but there's > a lot more to it than that...
Again you forget that 99% buys zoom lenses and frankly, K and M zoom lenses really doesn't cut it today. You also forget that the desirable K and M lenses are precious few. 50% of all K and M lenses are probably 50mm lenses coming with the camera bodies. I guess 50% of the A lenses is the 50/2 lens and the majority of the rest are the cheap 28-80 mm lens nobody wants anyway. Pål
