I think we'll see some faster primes down the road. These tiny lenses are obviously aimed at the K100 and *ist buyers. Given that the K10D isn't particularly compact, the advantage of small lenses is minimized. But in the end it may well depend on how well the high end zooms sell. If there's a market for premium lenses, we'll probably get them. Paul On Sep 17, 2006, at 1:09 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
> On 17/09/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Digital Image Studio wrote: > >> Given it's 1/3 of a stop slower, but less expensive than the FA 20/2.8 >> (About 2/3rds the cost) and a third the size, I really can't see the >> complaints about the 21 DA. The 70 is quite reasonable too, giving me >> a >> replacement for one of my favourite lenses (My 100 f2.8 Series E). The >> 40 on the other hand is neither fish nor fowl on digital. A fairly >> useless length and lacking the speed that might make the length less >> of >> an issue. > > What I'm alluding to is that they could likely have produced a truly > usable lens of lets say 21/2 or f1.8 for instance given the reduced > image circle and it would have likely been no larger than the A20/2.8 > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
