> > reach a bit farther than my 18-55 kit lens, but as for primes and fast
> > glass, I prefer the cost/benefit ratio of older glass.
>
> Yes, and that cost/benefit will rapidly diminish if Pentax brings back
> auto-exposure with old lenses. You can't have it both ways!
>
? Maybe I'm not getting it. Are you saying that the price of
used MF glass will go up if it is supported better? I suspect you're
probably correct, which can only help.
To me it seems like the benefit of new lensed (through quality,
weight reduction, autofocus, focal length, etc) should stand for
themselves. I thought that the benefits of a new product over an old were
supposed to do that... not be artificially depricated and lose
functionality.
If I *needed* new AF glass, or a new item was produced with enough
quality differential to merit its purchase, I would jump right in.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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