Quote: Pentax enjoys the opposite approach. Its DSLRs will work with varying degrees of
compatibility with lenses going all the way back to the screwmount age, meaning,
so long ago that most active photographers don't even know what we mean
(Pentax or M42 screwmount was a common-standard screw-in type of lens for
SLRs that was outmoded by the end of the 1960s). Plus, there is a wide variety of
independent aftermarket lenses that can be fitted to a Pentax, notably including
several options from Voigtländer and Zeiss that are also available for Nikons. No
company has Pentax's range of purposed-for-digital single-focal-length lenses,
however. Both Carl and I are using Pentax's stunning new 35mm DA Macro,
which we plan to do an extensive joint post about sometime in the coming two
months or so. Suffice to say that we both agree it is, in Carl's words, "really
something special."
Pentax K20D wins (tie) 2nd place in the Online Photographers Summer '08
roundup, and they also mention
really liking the DA* 35ltd.
I'm looking forward to reading their 'joint post' re this lens. I suspect that after
that review comes out, we'll have another run on this incredible lens around here.
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The Online Photographer: Summer '08: T.O.P. 10 New Camera Recommendations
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