Holy Mother of Pearl! Okay, I'm willing to revise my assertion, Boris. The Sigma 35/1.4 is expensive, and those other ones are just crazy expensive.
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce, I don't think that 35/1.4 for $900 is expensive. > > Canon equivalent costs 1.5 times this figure: > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/162614-USA/Canon_2512A002_Wide_Angle_EF_35mm.html > > Nikon equivalent is even more expensive: > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/735000-USA/Nikon_2198_AF_S_NIKKOR_35mm_f_1_4G.html > > Sony is somewhere between Canon and Nikon: > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/463918-REG/Sony_SAL35F14G_SAL_35F14G_Wide_Angle_35mm.html > > So this is actually quite a bargain. > > > > > On 11/8/2012 3:06 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> So for all those who were bemoaning the lack of a fast (1.4) normal >> prime on APS-C Pentax, be unbemoanful. >> >> >> http://www.pmda.com/2012/11/sigma-corporation-of-americas-35mm-f1-4-dg-hsm-now-available >> >> Almost more important is Sigma's new clever marketing angle for this >> very expensive ($900) bauble: they are creating new use-based "lines" >> for their lenses and this one is being labelled "Art". >> >> "As the first lens released under Sigma’s new Art line, it will >> feature a new matte finish and overall new design concept, which >> includes a clearly defined category label on every new lens." >> >> I for one cannot wait to see what gets released under the Decisive >> Moment line. Or what about the Undraped Women line? >> >> What if you try using a Landscape line lens for birds? Maybe a large >> red circle with a diagonal line appears in your viewfinder. >> >> -- >> -bmw >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
