P. J. Alling wrote: > >All manufactures send review copies of their equipment to large outlets >such as DPReview. I would not be at all surprised if Nikon and Canon >did extra special QC on the lenses they send out and Pentax just grabbed >them of the line. That would jibe with the whole marketing ans sales as >an afterthought mentality exhibited until just lately.
Another quote directly from Andy's post that answers the same concern: "Given the fact that the Canon 50/1.4 USM and Nikon 50/1.4D I tested were bought by Phil years ago through normal retail channels for camera testing, this idea can safely be discounted." -- 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.

