Forgot that weather sealing. The Tamron may well not have quick-shift focus touchup, either.
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:36:42PM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: > About $400 here in Canada ($500 vs $900) > > -Adam > Oh, and the DA* is weather sealed & better built than the Tamron > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:31 PM, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 01:43:12PM -0600, William Robb wrote: > > > http://www.amplis.com/news/news.asp?id=2&yr=08&v=&pr=040908&prNum=29 > > > > Ah. So how much of a premium does one pay for one extra mm at the > > wide end, SDM auto-focus, and the Pentax DA* badge? A first look > > suggests the Tamron is about 2/3 the price of the Pentax 16-50. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.