Michael... You may want to consider the Vivitar Series 1 19-35/3.5-4.5. Comes in a KA/Ricoh mount that works just fine with the ZX-M, the ME Super, and other older Pentax bodies, but you won't want to mount it on a newer AF body: it will unforgivingly jam on the mount.
The optics and build quality are decent, but certainly not as good as the more expensive lenses. IIRC, it takes a 77mm filter. Here are some images taken with the lens: <http://sherb.org/albums/oldhouse/index.html> You should be able to find this lens around $100 in abundance on eBay. t On 6/22/05 8:47, Michael Spivak wrote: > Hi All > > I'm interested to get myself a nice, second hand, cheap, made of gold > (joke) wide angle zoom lense... The thing is that my budget is kinda > VERY low... > Can someone advise me any wide zoom lense about 18 at the short and > 40-50 at the far end ? > I'm thinking of something less then 100$ (sorry.. I know it's hard to > think about something that cheap.. but it's what I have..) > > Thanks a lot in advance > Michael > > >
