On Apr 9, 2007, at 8:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At this juncture in the road, I am not willing to buy a K10D, I've > decided, > until I can get more lenses for it. The 50-200 is on order with > Adorama and I > suppose when it finally comes in they will send it. I don't know > if I will > still qualify for the rebate though, unless I do because I "bought > it" when > the rebate was still in effect. This dearth of lenses, the > backordering > conditions I see everywhere (I was almost ready to buy the DA 40 > until I discovered > it was now backordered) seriously concerns me. It makes switching > systems a > much less attractive proposition. So I will wait and see what > happens.
The sustained demand for Pentax lenses due to the popularity of the DS, DL, K100D, and K10D bodies is what causes the scarcity. I don't know why this is a negative thing ... you only need to buy a lens once. So there's a little wait to get what you want, and then you're done. I've gotten every lens I wanted with at most a couple weeks' wait. I'm happy with all of them ... my lens kit is "done" for the present. I bought, used and sold several other new ones along the way too. There are a couple of lenses that I would buy in a moment if Pentax produced them ... like my often mentioned DA28mm f/2 Limited ... But you gotta do what you feel is right for you. And no, I'm not selling the FA20-35/4 AL any time soon... :-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
