William Robb wrote: >> >>>from BH Photo: >> >>>Canon 300/2.8 IS US$3900 (in stock) >>>Pentax FA 300/2.8 non-is $US4550 (accepting orders) > > > Some time ago (probably close to 15 years), a friend was looking to get > an 80-200/2.8 lens. He was a long time Pentax user, but he found when > pricing things out that he could get a Nikon 80-200/2.8 for about > $700.00 less than the equivalent Pentax lens. > Based on that one price disparity, he is now a Nikon user. > I suspect that there is an economy of scale at work with the higher end > glass. Canon sells more 300/2.8s and so can sell them individually for > less money. >
You are probably right. But the blanket statement was (paraphrase) "IS lenses are more expensive than Pentax non-IS lenses." Too be honest the quickie check I did was for a lens I am interested in. The 17-85 Canon EF-S IS lens is over $500 whereas the nearest Pentax focal length equivelent is like $200 but I'm not interested in that type of lens. Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
