At 03:10 PM 8/17/2005, P. J. Alling wrote:
I never said they were competent, after all the web site is probably run
by the marketing department.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Interesting. No mention is made of the 40mm DA that I could see, and the
14mm is, if I read correctly, described as a zoom lens.
Shel
For someone who used to shoot with Nikon film cameras, and just got a
Pentax *istDS, these signs of fumbling around are all a little
disappointing. I want Pentax to be a stable supplier of high-quality
35mm-style DSLRs and quality lenses for a long time to come. I want them to
be able to directly compete with Nikon and Canon. Killing the 50mm f1.4
makes me a little nervous. If they replace it with another f1.4 of better
quality, that would be fine. If they come out with a high quality f1.0
replacement, that would be absolutely fantastic. (To my knowledge, only
Leica has made an f1.0 so far, and it was for their rangefinder.)
take care,
Glen
