Yes. You'd think it would be common sense to produce a series of lenses that wouldn't complete with each other for sales. Still, the *istD (especially with the software upgrade) is arguably the best 6MP DSLR available at the moment so they (Pentax) do get things right from time to time.
----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:20 PM Subject: Re: Two new Pentax products to be announced today > As usual, the Pentax Way is questionable in recent history. What were they > thinking when they decided to make 18-35. 16-45 & now 14? I think they have > to do a lot better on their "plans". More randomly released products will > only confuse consumers and turn off their loyal fans. > > Regards, > Alan Chan > http://www.pbase.com/wlachan > > >Of course for *istD owners who are using FA24-90, FA28-70, Sigma 24-60/2.8, > >etc the 14mm would be great. But having just purchased a DA16-45 14mm is > >not enough of a difference for me to justify the expense. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn .com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca >