> Funny how this discussion of the color of lens bodies has stirred > folks up. So Pentax made lenses with different color casts to the > body colors. Do we feel that our photoraphic taste is threatened > by this? Or is it a matter of arguing about which color cast is > the official one? Or, do some of you feel that the color of the > lens barrel influences the performance of the glass? You've got > me thoroughly puzzled.
Well, Len, I really can't speak for all the others, but when one obtains a rather large hunk of glass and aluminum involving a great investment of funds (and sometimes a great investment of time, too, if finding one becomes difficult), and the lens turns out to come in a different color than one expected, it is an important (even if perhaps not a significant) issue. Certainly, the color of the barrel has no effect on optics or images. However, it ~is~ a matter for some of us Pentaxers, and the PDML ~would~ seem to be the proper place to discuss this (and it certainly is more on-topic than some of the threads here on the PDML - <g>). > Perhaps folks just have entirely too much free time. ;-) Perhaps. Between those of us that spend time writing about the nuances of our lenses, and those of us who spend time commenting on those who spend time writing about the nuances of our lenses, I'd say a ~lot~ of us may have too much time on our hands - <g>. But, that's why we spend time on the PDML... ;-) Fred - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
