On 19.07.2006, at 11:06 , David Savage wrote: > 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 Exactly - that's what we're talking about :-) If they were faster they wouldn't be "pancakes" - really small and affordable but excellent optically and beautifully built lenses. That's the idea of new Limiteds - highly portable set of top primes at the expense of maximum aperture.
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