If I had to buy all new lenses for any DSLR, I wouldnt buy a pentax DSLR. The main advantage of buying a Pentax DSLR is if you already have a bunch of Pentax Lenses. If you dont or have to, or need to buy all new ones, I would go with canon as they have more bodies/lenses to choose from and higher level DSLR bodies with FF if wanted or needed... jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory Papenfuss Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:16 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: NO FS this Friday? >> It must be nice to be able to spend large sums of money to replace >> perfectly function lenses for a marginal increase in performance and >> functionality. Mandated deprication (read: loss of aperture coupler) >> aside, obtaining 95% of the optical performance for 10% of the >> expense sounds like a winning proposition to me. That is why I shoot >> pre-AF lenses.... I would rather get 10x the lenses producing 95% the >> performance of newer varieties. > > It's not a matter of 'being able to spend large sums of money'. I > depend upon these tools to produce my work and make my living. I want > the best tools that exploit *all* the features of the body which I > paid for. > Fair enough. If one is in that position (i.e. trying to make money with photography), it's a whole different level. It make a lot more sense to use the latest and greatest to maximize quality with a minimum of effort. For the hobbyist, it's a lot harder to justify big money on lenses that produce images at best marginally better than older, cheaper ones (provided they're willing to forgo the nicey new features like AF). -Cory -- ************************************************************************ * * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * * Electrical Engineering * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * ************************************************************************ * -- 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
