Re: *ist-D Canadian price

[brewerd]

I know you are required, as a member of the Canon Believers, to 
disparage all things Pentax, but you missed the point. You compared the 
price of the Canon body to the Pentax body AND LENS, then complained 
that the Pentax body cost more than the Canon body. I was merely 
curious about the price of the Canon AND LENS. If you want to compare 
prices, then compare prices on similar deals.

Doug

On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 08:49 PM, David Chang-Sang wrote:

A Canon L 16-35 lens is about $1300 USD.
That's 2.8 throughout.
Compare the quality to anything close to what Pentax offers.
The closest item is a 17-28 3.5-4.5 zoom - which is $435 USD - and 
slower
and not as wide a range.
Or if you want to compare a similar "pro" Pentax lens, the closest 
they can
get is 20-35 F4 which is $475 USD - still slower by a full stop and 
not as
wide an angle of view.

Banter back and forth as you will, but having seen the quality images 
that
the L lenses can produce, you're not going to come close with the 
Pentax
range until Pentax can release a "limited" zoom lens series.

For everyday photos and if you don't need to pursue "available light"
images, then I'm sure the Pentax lenses will be just fine.
Cheers,
Dave