Originally posted by BarneyL That's some major grade heresy, right here :P
Anyway, why this thread derailed into Tamrons? Did we, as a community, reach the point where any hint about incoming new lenses triggers discussions about possible rebadged third party glass?
They complain because Tamron doesn't make lenses in K-mount, then they complain when Pentax rebadges Tamron lenses. They just complain , complain complain. I doesn't matter what Pentax does, it isn't good enough for them.
If you want cheap lenses, there are lots of cheap bodies to put them on.