On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 14:12:49 -0700, Peter Norby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to:
>> Why is this lens so expensive, while the 50/1.4 is only 25,000 yen? > >I imagine it's because fast, wide-angle lenses are hard to come by. >If you are shooting the increasingly popular 1.6x crop factor body, >then you want something in the 20-35 range to get a decent semi-wide >in low light. All wide angles it seems have gone up in value, being more sought after now with DSLRs. Likely 5 years ago it was half this price, nobody wanted one. -- Jim Davis, Nature Photography, http://easternbeaver.com/ Motorcycle Relay Kits * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
