Joe, Could you go into a little more detail concerning your test of the FA 20-35/4 and the F 17-28 fisheye? Those are two lenses I have been considering for my *istD.
I have used the Fisheye zoom on film cameras so would be interested to know if it performed about on par with your previous film usage or did you see some problems. Also, on the 20-35, you mentioned that the zoom range was too narrow. Did you find that to be the case just with digital, or have you felt that way about it with film too. Thanks, Bruce Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 10:31:00 AM, you wrote: JT> When I first got my starkistdee, I tested several lenses on it at about JT> 28-31 mm: FA 20-35, Tokina AT-X AF Pro 28-80 f2.8; FA 31; and F 17-28. JT> My subjective impression was that the FA 20-35 won the day for image JT> quality on this limited test. JT> That said, it's zoom range is ultimately too narrow for the starkistdee JT> -- at least for my shooting. This is why the DA 16-45 looks like an JT> important addition to Pentax's lens offerings. The fact that the DA JT> 16-45 is forthcoming was an important factor in my decision to buy the *dee. JT> Joe
