Amita, Jump when in-body shake reduction is becoming available in a weather-sealed body? For Canon's overpriced and underperforming glass, or third-party glass?
You've gotta be kidding. Rick --- 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 > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __________________________________________________ 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
