Amita, Without getting at all specific, something I rarely do, a couple months back I was reading dpreview Canon chat. Big hairy Canon whine for not carrying a lens line equivalent to Pentax. All manner of examples were offered, including the LTD primes. They were critical of both the choices and relative quality of available Canon lenses. I understand your frustration at not finding certain third party lenses for Pentax, but Canon users have their own grips.
Jack --- Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have recently become frustrated by the fact that a couple of > third-party lenses I like are not available in Pentax mount. > Yesterday, I emailed Tamron to ask them if their 17-50 f/2.8 would > someday be available for Pentax, and they said no. When I wrote back > to ask if they would consider releasing one if they got enough > letters, they wrote back and said that the Pentax market would have > to > pick up "tremendously" in order for them to release the lens in that > mount. > > I'm confused by two things here. > > 1) the lens I want is the cropped version of their 28-75 f/2.8, a > superb lens which is available for Pentax, and I told them that > > 2) They released this lens for MINOLTA, which has, what, three users? > > For some reason, this episode is really sticking in my craw. I > realize > that I should have a better reason to want to switch systems (need a > more capable body, etc.) but it's very tempting right now for me to > start thinking about building a Canon system when Nate has a spare > 20D > that I can use. > > And then there is the fact of Pentax' slow R&D, but that hasn't > bothered me too much yet since I've been pretty happy with the > *istD. > > I probably wouldn't abandon Pentax completely, at least not at first, > but I'd probably start slowly with a couple of C*non-mount lenses I > like. > > Has anyone else has made the jump this way? And am I overreacting? > This is the first time I've given serious thought to switching. > > Thanks, > Amita > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
