The price for the Pentax is $499.95 from B&H, not $600
>From your posting I assume there is no test done on the Pentax.
Before any statement can be made about overpricing, it should be known what
the performance of the lens is compared to the cheap Nikon and even cheaper
Tamron.
Frits
>
> Keppler's SLR column is all about the new trend to zooms starting
> at 24mm.
> He provides a handy comparison table of the various brands, including
> prices. Keppler is too gentlemanly to emphasize this, but the Pentax at
> $600 stands out like a sore thumb. It is the most expensive of
> the bunch,
> with the shortest zoom range. At $600, it is $100 more than the Nikon
> 24-120, and $150 more than the Tamron 24-135mm, both of which have tested
> out as very good lenses. (The latter reviewed in this very issue, with
> central resolution rated "excellent" at every focal length.)
> About the only
> thing the Pentax has to boast about is that it is the lightest of
> the bunch.
> At this price, it is going to have to provide really superb optical and
> mechanical quality to make it a competitive buy against the
> Tamron, which is
> available in a Pentax mount.
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