Originally posted by torashi There is one aspheric. The 2.8/75mm AL. I don't know if the other sharp late designs are, like the 55 or 200. It is rather one of the more expensive ones.
The 75/2.8AL is more than $3,000 ex-Japan
. That is odd. It just doesn't pass the pub sniff test.
The 55mm has a floating element I think (and inherent rattles that are thoroughly offputting). It is very, very sharp, but no fancy apo/asph glass.
A camera -- any camera, is only going to be as good as the lens stuck on the front of it. It befuddles me that people want to spend $7,000 on a camera but only $1,000 on a run-of-the-mill kit lens.