You have to be careful here IMHO, cheap zooms come in all flavours. Just because it is an "f2.8" does not mean that it is fantastic - take the original AF zoom for the ME-F. F2.8 and a dog. Of course, it the manufacturers can sell a less specified f2.8, they will.
Pentax only makes 2 pro-quality AF zooms and you had better be prepared to part with some real cash. Cheers, Bob Rapp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >In other words, I am not even now convinced > >that Pentax glass is great (sure, if I had a lot of primes, > >maybe). It is quite possible other brand zooms are better > >than Pentax zooms (not talking primes here, but zooms). > > IMO, zoom lenses remain the weakness of Pentax 135 system. There were some > good manual zooms in the past, but that day is gone. If you want good zooms, > consumer or expensive, I vote for Canon. For that reason, I have an array of > Pentax primes only. > > >The one thing Pentax really has going for it is the price. > > Tamron has a new SP 28-75/2.8 for US$300 only. The Pentax version will be > availabe by the end of this month. It is the most compact 2.8 zoom and worth > to consider. > > regards, > Alan Chan > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail >
