On Aug 10, 2006, at 2:34 PM, Amita Guha wrote: > ... I thought Canon L-glass was comparable > to the Ltd lenses, but maybe not? ...
Seen from a marketing and price positioning perspective, it is. Whether a specific lens offering in the Canon L line matches or exceeds the performance of a Pentax Limited lens depends upon the lens, of course. Canon L lenses are very high quality, in general, but so are Pentax Limiteds, A*, FA*, etc. It's difficult to make a direct equivocation because Canon has no 77mm, Pentax has no 24-105L, etc. I will say that on imaging performance the Pentax FA20-35/4 AL is on par with the Canon 17-40/4L, although the latter lens has more features and is more robustly built. The Pentax FA50/1.4 and Canon EF50/1.4 USM are similarly about on par, with a small advantage in rendering to the Pentax. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
