I think you missed the point of Scott's post :-)
Cheers, Dave At 11:38 AM 21/02/2007, J. C. O'Connell wrote: >1. Because you CANT BUY manual focus lenses new anymore and >they are better for manual focussing if that is your preference. >2. Because they are way cheaper for same quality or way better >for same price or buy way more for same price and quality. >3. There are way more primes available in M42 than in the current >pentax AF lineup. >4. See my last post - this would be ideal for people who already >have a bunch of high quality M42 lenses, those people wouldnt >need to buy new lenses, they want a new BODY to use what they >already have. >5. and "scouring ebay" is not that much different than buying >new online with the search engines they have. > >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Scott Loveless >Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:25 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > > >On 2/20/07, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also the inability buy a lens on demand is a big minus. Why scour eBay > > > & the second hand stores for the lens you want when you can buy a > > brand new [snip] Pentax AF lens? > > >MAAAAAAARK! > >-- >Scott Loveless >http://www.twosixteen.com >Shoot more film! > >-- >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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
