The Limited line was perhaps paying attention to some of us old K-mount users, who love metal barrels, very high optically standards, good looks, lasting quality. The *ist's are for the next generation, who want features and specs and lifestyle products. A year or two ago, PDML'ers were actually talking about an LX upgrade or a rangefinder for the LDT lenses. Jens
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Caveman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 6. juli 2003 02:37 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Lens compatibility in perspective (WAS: Re: D-ist blurb in "AmericanPhoto"magazine) I have a very unpleasant personal theory about this. Alan Chan wrote: >> I do have to wonder about those expensive FA and LTD lenses, and where >> they >> fit into the entry level customer base. > > > This same question has been rasied when the 43Ltd was 1st introduced. > Clearly Pentax tried to mount it on the MZ-5 & MZ-3, but even the most > navie person knew they did not belong to each other. At least one can > say Z-1p & FA* lenses were advance amateurs' toys, but Limited lenses > for MZ-5/3 (don't forget MZ-S came at much latter stage, and they even > failed to match the colour correctly in most countries)? > > regards, > Alan Chan > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >
