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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-16-2018, 10:23 AM
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These days ptoducts from third party manufacturers are interesting not just in terms of price. Few considerations:
- some products do not exist in the OEM lineup . Look at SIgma 1.8 zooms (18-35;50-100) or Tokina 14-20 for DX that are good products .
- some lenses are just better than equivalent OEM ones , some are just as good but ata a lower cost.
. some non OEM lenses can fill the gap in the OEM lineup (think of Samyang with TS 24 mm lense for Pentax).
But.... with third party manufacturers you potentially have no future compatibility with new cameras, My old 70-200 ex dg do not focus in LV with Nikon mount (any camera newer than d300). Also you loose the in camera features for jpeg shooting (distortion and vignetting compensation, etc).
So my point is to take some risk and enjoy the lenses from non OEM manufacturers, especially those lenses that aren't in the OEM lineup. :)
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