Pentax probably COULD have made a lens similar to the Canon's non "L" glass zoom but that would have probably sucked up resources that were used to make the *istD.
Not to mention that they did say that they were going to be releasing some newer lenses in the Fall for the DSLR. Cheers, Dave View my images online at Usefilm.com http://www.usefilm.com/browse.php?mode=port&data=603 -----Original Message----- From: Peter Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 7:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The lens that Pentax SHOULD have made... Well it's a Canon so it's like a cheesy j lens by default, otherwise I find it to be just a tad depressing. At 12:41 PM 2/27/2003 -0500, you wrote: >I'm probably not alone in my disappointment that Pentax's new 18-35 zoom >is a cheesy "J" lens with an aperture of 4.0-5.6, but it makes it even >worse to see something like this: > >17-40mm zoom >Constant f/4.0 aperture >Canon mount :( >http://www.dpreview.com/news/0302/03022709canonef1740.asp > >-- >Mark Roberts >Photography and writing >www.robertstech.com
