Its also almost half the price of Canon L lens. I'm not bragging, I'm saying WAIT AND SEE.
-el gringo -----Original Message----- From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 12:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Pentax is Dying? I think it is quite pointless to brag about something which might but does not exist yet. Not to mention the inability to satisfy immediate demand. Also, DA16-45 does not meet the built quality of Canon L lenses. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan >Man you people are ridiculous.... Pentax will have 3 DSLR's including a >unique in the world of photography FF medium format digital camera based on >the well loved 645 camera system. Certainly they are not failing as a >company. I tried winning a DA 16-45 on Ebay, but once it got within 95% of >retail I gave up on it. The assumption I have to make about that is, there >is serious demand for this lens. And most owners seem completely satisfied >by the lens as well. $420 for performance that equals the Canon L series, >I >can hardly call that a failure. Be patient. Pentax is not huge, they cant >work miracles, if the new DSLR sucks then bitch. But until then, lets put >a >hold on the rampant negative speculation, it helps nothing. I am excited >as >heck about the changes Pentax is making, and I look forward to being a user >of the new emerging Pentax system. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=htt p://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
