Which brings up a point. Is a 28-200 Tamaron with a Pentax name on it better than a one with a Nikon badge, or a Canon badge? Is a 100/3.5 macro Pentax better than the Vivitar, or the Phoenix? Except for the top of the line "pro" lenses which I would assume are at least designed in-house, can you be certain your high-priced camera brand lens is any better than the low priced off brand, or even any different.
I find it amusing that folks will swear up and down that the brand they own is lots better than some other brand when they are actually the same lens. Out sourcing is a reality of our time whether it is cars, or cameras, or TVs, or what-not. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylwester Pietrzyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 6:19 AM Subject: Re: Sigma/Tamron vote no confidence in Pentax? > on 07.12.02 17:38, Joseph Tainter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I was away all of November, so I am just now reading the December issue > > of Shutterbug, including the report on Photokina. It appears that both > > Tamron and Sigma are introducing several new and interesting lenses, > > which are specifically not available in Pentax mount. > All current lenses made by Sigma are available in KAF mount. I think these > new products will be available sooner or later too. And if you look more > carefully on the new Tamron lenses (17-35/2.8-4, macro 180/3.5 , > 70-200/2.8) it is obvious that these are OEM's made by Sigma! All of them > are of course available in KAF-mount! > > -- > Best Regards > Sylwek > > >
