Roland wrote: " believe that the main reason for Pentax to introduce the FA J lenses, and to leave out the aperture mechanics - is price. Not size and weight."
True. The new FAJ 18-35mm uses a 67mm filter while the FA 20-35mm uses a 58mm filter. Mind you the extra wide angle may have something to do with it, but Pentax have been making very small, light lenses for a long time, and often the smallest in their class (except for some of the FA* lenses like the 80-200mm & 600mm f4). --- Roland Mabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: Bojidar Dimitrov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 07:58:27 +0100 > > > >The idea seems similar > >to Pentax's idea to make the *ist the world's > smalest and lightest SLR, > >so they left the aperture mechanics out. > > I believe that the main reason for Pentax to > introduce the FA J lenses, and > to leave out the aperture mechanics - is price. Not > size and weight. Why buy > a Pentax 28-80 with aperture ring when you can get a > Nikon 28-100 without > aperture ring for less? Nikon faced the same dilemma > when they saw the cheap > Canon and Minolta zooms. > > I like the idea of the FAJ's. Good starter lenses > for first time buyers. > Pentax can now concentrate more on optical > performance in the entry level > segment. (the FAJ 28-80 AL is the first entry zoom > from Pentax with an > aspherical lens element. Previously, AL was for the > more expensive lenses. > Even the FAJ 75-300 has an AL lens. This is > something I don't understand, AL > in a telezoom?). > > What Pentax needs now is to make nice mid market > lenses. I believe they will > concentrate more on this in the near future, because > there's a gap between > the entry level and the pro-line. We need a good > mid-market telezoom. Pentax > has nothing between the FA 80-320 and the FA* 80-200 > f/2.8. I'm sure that > this gap will be filled soon. It will come with the > release of the more > upmarket *ist models. In the meantime, Sigma 100-300 > f/4 EX is a good > solution. > > Best wishes, > Roland > > > _________________________________________________________________ > L�ttare att hitta dr�mresan med MSN Resor > http://www.msn.se/resor/ > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com
