On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:52 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm thinking it'll be more cost effective to look for a nice 50mm f1.7 in F > or FA livery.
Not necessarily. Just as the DA 35mm f2.4 has cut the legs out of the used market for the slightly faster 35mm f2.0 lenses, I think Pentax realizes that they are competing with their own used lens market. The fact that it is a f1.8 and not a f1.4 sort of makes that clear. F50 f1.7s are now consistently going for north of $200, so a 50mm f1.8 that comes in at a price similar to the DA 35mm f2.4 (sub-$200) would probably sell in comparable numbers. In fact, I think a case could be made that the healthy used market sort of dictates which lenses are reasonable to build next. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
