At 02:59 PM 19/07/2006, Sylwek wrote: >On 18.07.2006, at 21:33 , Mark Roberts wrote: > > > My other Limiteds (43, 31, 77) are all f/1.9 or faster. That's a lot > > more than a third of a stop! F/2.0 and under is Limited territory for > > me. I'd *consider* the upcoming 70/2.4 if it were under $500 (and if > > I didn't already have the 77!) >Yes, but but don't forget DA Limiteds are much cheaper than their >faster, FF counterparts. FA 31/1.8 is about two times as expensive as >having similar FOV 21/3.2, not to speak that DA is much smaller, >lighter and takes 49 mm filters instead of 58 mm...
They're cheaper because they're slower. I bet if they had made it f1.9, it would be similarly priced to it's full frame big brothers. Admittedly it would be physically larger & weightier as well Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
