Jay, I think you're going to enjoy this lens. I've had one since the late
90's - its one of my most used lenses.
I too would like it to have a tripod collar but I'm very satisfied with the
results as is.
Kenneth Waller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Major Enablement: FA*300 f4.5
At least to me it is major!
I've bee reading about all over for this "great" lens. After losing out
on one in an eBay auction a few months back by being too cheap to bid a
decent price for it, I was really wanting very badly to add this one to
my collection. Finally, I decided that I would pull the trigger on an "as
brand new" condition one that I had known of a source for some time, but
didn't want to pay the big dollars. I ended up paying probably too much
for it, but considering what some of the prices have been lately for fine
Pentax glass, I figured that for an excellent copy of this lens it would
be money well spent. Now I see for myself what the hype is all about. The
only complaint I have with it is the lack of a tripod collar. Here if one
of my first images with the lens taken with my *istDS:
http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/57940041.FA3003.jpg
JayT
