From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 2:06 PM
> i feel like i am completely missing something here. are these lenses > "collectibles" (i wasn't aware pentax glass has this status) or simply so > much better than competition (i mean, cannon 85/1.2 goes for the same $ as > pentax 85/1.8)? if (as i suspect) they are neither, wouldn't it make more > sense to get a similar cannon or nikon lens with a *free* body for this kind > of money? $600 for 85/1.8, 20 years old, even though in excellent shape, You have to understand that Pentax has produced some of the finest lenses ever produced. IMHO, the "limited" lenses are restoring their glory. The "K" series was produced at time that quality meant everything. Then economics and saleability prevailed. Canon had a 50 f.79 for their rangefinders. It was a big piece of glass and had the performance of a simple meniscus lens! Yet that camera and lens are a collectors item to put behind glass. Bob - 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 .
