richdog.. u are talking mostly to US based dudes.. u live in the UK..
pentax seems to favour the US market and hand out rebates and such.. the price difference between pentax glass and sigma or tamron glass is far less than it is in the UK..
i came close to buying either the tamron 90mm macro or the sigma 105mm macro.. the ludicrous nearly 900 US dollar UK price of the pentax 100mm macro puts it totally out of the question..
sigma or tamon roughly £280-ish.. pentax 100mm £450-ish..
we live in a dfferent world richdog.. we should not be influenced too much by the much different dominant american viewpoint..
and please my comments are simply about life on the other side of the pond.. i am not being anti pentax.. simply realistic..
the pentax glass just dosnt justify the UK price premium in most cases.. in the US its different..
trog
ps.. its used to be two countries seperated by a common language.. now its seems to be two countries seperated by different pirces.. he he he
Last edited by trog100; 01-07-2007 at 04:16 PM.