On Feb 24, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Ladies and gents, I am rather puzzled by two Pentax limited lenses - the most modern ones - the 40 mm and 70 mm. I see no other reason for their introduction except size and may be price. Pentax already produces outstanding 43 and 77 mm limited lenses. They work very well on *istD and on film. I think (hope probably would be better term) that they would work just as well on 10 MP *istD successor.
I've been hoping that they would simply update the lens mount on the FA77/1.8 to a D-FA so that I can get the QuickShift focusing feature. Perhaps they decided to reformulate it at the same time. What I find disappointing is the loss of nearly a stop in speed if this is the case.
Why do I feel that they are trying to beat the dead horse by labeling those lenses "limited"...
I never did get what "Limited" was supposed to mean anyway, vs the FA* labeling. Silly games in naming.
Godfrey
