on 7/03/03 9:54 AM, Pål Jensen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think do. Theres a hole in the common lens line-ups that needs to be filled: > the compact well built zoom. Eother zooms are consumer grade and lightweight > or they are pro grade an heavy. A niche for us landscape shooters, or simply > for those who wants something better than the consume stuff, is the well > made, compact, relatively slow zoom lens. Since the average consumer would > probably not appreciate anything that cost a bit more, such lenses would be > natural for the "Limited treatment". > Consider how great the zoom lenses for Pentax medium format are. They are not > particularly fast or have particularly large zoom range. Still they are > excellent. > May I suggest something like a 23-43/4.5 AL Limited and a 77-177/4.5 ED IF > Limited. Two chrome such Limited lenses and a chrome MZ-S. That would be a > dream lightweight landscape outfit for the connoisseur. > > Pål > >
Good idea Pål . I agree except on the low end, I would opt for a 16-32mm/4 or an 18-35mm/4 Alternatively, we need a Limited wide angle prime in the 16-18 range. At the long end, I could nicely live with a 75-150mmm/4. I don't know much about lens design, (basically zero, actually); I am assuming that giving up anything beyond a 2X zoom range would make it easier to build a faster lens. And I have no idea if those variables are in anyway involved indirect tradeoffs... Also note that the new Limiteds also need to be black to match the *ist-D, the MZ-S and the LX (which are obviously the bodies where they are most likely to be used). Stan
