Hi John, on 16 Jun 04 you wrote in pentax.list:
>> - He uses a relatively poor 18-35 instead of the DSLR-optimized 16-45 >Because that's what his target audience will buy. Most *istD sets in Germany are sold with the 16-45 or a Sigma lens. The 16-45 is not much more expensive than the 18-35. The 18-35 was sold in reasonable numbers before the 16-45 came out and when the *istD was available as a set, only. Cheers, Heiko