Originally posted by dotchoucou ...
"The best lenses from Pentax are the kit lens (realtively to what the competition is offering) for the same price."
What about all the limited DAs? Not that expensive with nice quality in APS-C.
And the 17-70 SDM?
And the 100mm macro?
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I think the the price tag/performance doesn't justify to buy the 17-70 SDM over sigma's 17-70, or over Tamron SP 17-50/f:2.8 ... the 100mm macro is expensive EVEN if doesn't have SDM (like nikon&canon), and SR (like nikon&cANON) ;-)
Limiteds DA's are relatively ok... but MAYBE except 70/2.4 the rest are too expensive (for me) for their speed (f:2.8 ... 3.2 for 21mm and 4 for 15mm !!!)... true.. I like narrow DOF.. :-)
I said that about the kit lens because it is so good (NON rotating fron element !!! , good optics, etc... for the price) that it is worth replacing only by a Tamron/sigma 18-50/2.8 or maybe sigma 17-70/2.8-4.5 .. or 35/1.8 like the DX lens from NIkon ... great lens BTW for the price ;-) ... same for 50/1.8 (canikon) ... lenses that pentax lacks.