Re: Mediocre Lenses ( wasRe: Takumar 85/1.8 price)

[Caveman]

If the manufacturer lets you know what it was designed for (e.g. in the 
promotional materials, on their web sites and in the booklet that comes 
in the lens box), that's OK with me.
But if you have to buy the lens first then discover yourself what it is 
good for (or not), it stinks.
Anyone ever seen any indication of what Pentax intended the limiteds for 
(except show-off) ?

Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Just a thought/question: If a lens is termed "mediocre" in general, but
gives good results in a specific situation, perhaps even one for which it
was designed, is it really a mediocre lens?