David, I plan on getting at least the 28-80 for my wife. To her, size and weight are very important (small, that is) and she has never used the aperture ring on purpose before. There have been a few times with her ZX-10 where she has messed up by inadvertently taking it off 'A'.
What puzzles me, is why everyone thinks this is a entry level body. The estimated price is higher than entry level and the feature set is above entry level. Seems like the Penta Mirror is the only part of it that is less than a ZX-5n and there are MANY features that the ZX-5n doesn't have. Bruce Sunday, February 23, 2003, 1:35:50 AM, you wrote: DS> Butch Black wrote: >> >> Is it me or do others find it a bit incongruent that Pentax is launching a >> middle range body with 2 "entry level" no aperture ring zoom lenses if they >> don't plan on offering more "j" lenses in the near future. >> >> Just my $0.02 >> >> BUTCH >> >> Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. >> >> Hermann Hess (Damien) DS> IMO if the "j" lenses help increase Pentax profits then more will come. DS> It is less expensive to make a lens without an aperture ring.
