Nikon-Canon, Nikon-Canon, but what about Olympus?

[jjeling]

Travis, unfortunately the figure I had given cannot get backed up through Pentax's website. It was some information about lenses my instructor had given me sheet in a recreational photography class I took last year. I especially remember it being an exciting fact being a pentax owner. Anyways, I did a google search as 'pentax 98% light transmission' and it brought several links up. Didnt look too far but found this and several others like it. Not that you would be familiar with it, but he owns two stores, Castle Photo, so I gave him some credibility. He was a Nikon guy himself, but admitted to pentax having the best lenses. He said minolta or someone else had lenses that transmitted the same percentage as well, only remember pentax since i am an owner.

http://www.telescopeshop.co.uk/en-gb/dept_160.html

[masp]

Travis, unfortunately the figure I had given cannot get backed up through Pentax's website. It was some information about lenses my instructor had given me sheet in a recreational photography class I took last year. I especially remember it being an exciting fact being a pentax owner. Anyways, I did a google search as 'pentax 98% light transmission' and it brought several links up. Didnt look too far but found this and several others like it. Not that you would be familiar with it, but he owns two stores, Castle Photo, so I gave him some credibility. He was a Nikon guy himself, but admitted to pentax having the best lenses. He said minolta or someone else had lenses that transmitted the same percentage as well, only remember pentax since i am an owner.

http://www.telescopeshop.co.uk/en-gb/dept_160.html

Hmm, too bad that link seems to be down. Pentax's 98% tranmission is a very interesting factoid though.

Being able to rent lenses, equipment or bodies is handy though, I imagine this is another reason why pros favor Canon and Nikon. The quality of the particular body is important, but it seems that the market is so competitive now that everything in this area is close to even.