To Pentax's credit we should point out that the FA 600/4 is still available by special order. I don't know about the 400/2.8. I think we'll see more long glass in the future. Right now, they're trying to fill in the midrange with new DA lenses. Paul On Dec 22, 2006, at 9:42 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
> Peter Fairweather wrote: >> Mark >> >> The answer to your question is the lenses. > > I agree with you on the lenses, more or less. Thanks for the > interesting > feedback about your Canon lens experience. Pentax lenses are a bit > of a > mixed bag - they once had a really complete line up of high end to > everyday lenses, but there's been no real updating to the high end > models (like HSM for big telephotos (600 f4, 400 f2.8)). Now the > line up > is a bit spotty. The backwards compatibility that Pentax has stuck > with > is a major plus - but a lot of older lenses have issues with chromatic > aberration on digital bodies. > > Pentax body's a well designed and feature rich, IMO, especially when > compared to similar price points for the other brands. > > For me, the combination of backwards compatibility, a recently full > line > up of lenses (fortunately all available when I was building my > collection) and premium / specialty lenses like the Limited Series > distinguish Pentax from the crowd. > > The medium format offerings also distinguish Pentax from Canon, Nikon, > and Minolta. > > - MCC > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
