Agreed (particularly the LE models). I was thinking more like Sony and Olympus four-thirds. Zooms have gotten much better in the past 30 years. I used to have a Komuranon zoom that was rated as good as a prime lens back in the 1970's. The other zooms often lacked contrast because (I assume) all of the air/glass surfaces of their elements.
Jeffery On Oct 5, 2010, at 9:29 AM, William Robb wrote: > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Jeffery Smith" > Subject: Re: It ain't like it used to be. > >> I'm getting to be that way as well. I usually drive a car for at least >> 100,000 miles before even thinking about getting a new one, and that is only >> when keeping the old car running costs the same as a monthly payment on a >> new car. >> >> What has surprised me a bit is that prime lenses choices are disappearing >> altogether, replaced by zooms. I'm not too crazy about the bulk and size of >> zooms. > > I'll risk incurring the wrath of the people who despise equipment talk to > mention that Pentax still makes a very nice selection of prime lenses.... > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
