>>> I hate to say it, but buy Pentax lenses. >> >> I don't mind saying it at all. >> >> BUY PENTAX LENSES.
> No matter how (un)fortunate it sounds, I totally second Lon's and > Bill's opinion. One of the things that were caused in my life by PDML > was to decide rather decidedly <grin> to buy only Pentax glass. > Any enablers? Disablers? <big broad grin> I, too, prefer Pentax glass when available (and most of my lenses are Pentax lenses). But, sometimes Pentax doesn't make a lens that I wish that they did. My #1 example of this is the manual focus Tokina AT-X 100-300/4, which (for me) is an extremely useful lens, and (for any user) was designed and built very well and is of top quality, optically. http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/x1003004/ - and - http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/x1003004/modphoto.htm Pentax didn't make a lens like this. I fact, almost nobody has made a 100-300 that doesn't go soft at the long end. The AT-X, though, is fast and sharp throughout its range. I do wish it were a Pentax lens design - then it probably would have even higher flare resistance and higher contrast. But Pentax didn't make a good one of these. There are a few other "unusual" designs that are lacking in the Pentax stable, too... Fred
