> Pentax probably COULD have made a lens similar to the Canon's non "L"
glass
> zoom
If they did i would hope it was considerably better that the Canon 20-35mm
f/3.5-4.5, which is a flarey hunk of crap. Maybe the 17-40/4 is to replace
this lens due to inadequicies.
> -----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...
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> 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
> >
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