Chalk that up to philosophical transitioning between cultures..
On Aug 1, 2009, at 08:57 , 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.
Mark Erickson wrote:
P. J. Alling wrote:
The end user is the final QC. That's true of every manufacture
these days. Read the Canon and Nikon Fora if you think their QC
is any better.
What struck me was that all three samples tested by DPReview had
problems.
Also, Andy Westlake, the DPReviewer, stated that DPReview has not
seen
problems of this kind in the 50mm Canon or Nikon lens that they
have tested.
Here's his post:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?
forum=1036&message=32551606
Here's the key quote from the end of the post:
"Over the past few years I've looked in some detail at a lot of
lenses from
all manufacturers. From Pentax we've had a disproportionate number
of bad
samples - most notably 16-50s and 17-70s - and they really need to
sort out
their QC. This is a pity, because their lineup for APS-C is (as
I've said
before) the most coherent of any manufacturer, especially with
those lovely
Limited primes. "
Joseph McAllister
[email protected]
"Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus..."
http://tinyurl.com/ndmfhb
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