Couple of comments... The FA Star is still being made, and the Inner Focusing feature, along with a reputed improvement or tweaking of the lens assembly design (the 'star' feature?) and it's being the latest design from Pentax ought to justify a little greater asking price.
Still, a question arises, do the 'Star' lenses in general offer the average shooter any particular advantage over a non-star lens? I mean, aside from the advertising hype, what's the truth... would you or I see a difference in our images? This is purely an academic question for me, as with all the Pentax bodies and lenses I own, I don't use an automatic Pentax body, but I'm still curious. keith Stan Halpin wrote: > > on 9/15/03 8:07 PM, Keith Whaley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > An FA*? I hope to tell you! > > I bought a mere SMC-K 85, f/1.8 the other day, for not much less than that! > > > > You'll enjoy it! > > > > keith whaley > > > > * * * * > > > > Robert Gonzalez wrote: > >> > >> There are a couple of lenses that kevincameras.com has that I like, but > >> I've never dealt with them before. Has anyone on PDML ever done > >> business with these folks? Is $495 a fair price for a FA* 85mm 1.4 in > >> EX+++ condition? > >> > >> thanks, > >> > >> rg > > > > > The prices tend to be about the same. The FA* may run $75-100 more, on > average, just because more people are looking for the newest AF thingie than > are looking for classics. > > Yes, $495 would be a reasonable price for the FA*. Not super amazingly > unusually cheap, but reasonable. However, I do not know the vendor in > question... > > stan
