Guys, Many thanks for that. For some reason I hadn't considered the 24mm wide angle - and the extra field of view would be handy. I've currently got an old FA 28-80/3.5-4.7 (one of those heavy power zoom ones) stuck on the front of my Z-1. I was thinking of something a bit lighter, but I don't want to buy anything that is optically poor....
I'll have a look around for some. Cheers, Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald A. Morrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 12:22 PM Subject: Re: FA 28-90/3.5-5.6 - Any Good? > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > > Has anyone got any views on this lens, is it worth buying? > > > > Cheers, > > Matt > > > > Hello, > > I had one of these not so long ago. I found it to be of poor construction, > the front element felt fairly flimsy when manually focusing (I believe this > to be a characteristic of most Pentax AF lenses). As you might expect at > this price the lens is pretty much entirely plastic. The real killer for me > was that the front element rotates during focusing making it difficult to use > a polariser. AF was fairly rapid with my MZ-5n however. > > I shot three films and then sold it. The results were acceptable but not > particulary astounding. > > Whether I would reccomend this lens or not would depend on what kind of > photographs you are looking to take. If you're just looking for a snapshot > lens and can live with the build quality then I would buy it. If you are > looking for good results then I wouldn't. If you can afford it then I would > go for the FA 24-90, a vastly superior lens. > > Hope this is of some help. > > > Regards, > > DAM. > > > -- > Donald A Morrison > >
