On Aug 10, 2005, at 12:32 PM, John Graves wrote:
I about to jump with both feet .....looking at a *ist-ds to replace/
supplement my PZ-20. I have the FA-20-35 Zoom which has produced
some great pictures for me. But.......will it perform on the DS?
Am I going to run into the reflection/ray angle issues with it? I
think it is better than the Digital 18-55 supplied as a standard lens.
Any experience with the FA on the list. ...
I didn't like the DA18-55 after handling it at the store, seemed slow
and lacking in contrast, and pictures I've seen with it have somewhat
odd OOF rendering to my eye.
I bought the FA20-35/4 recently after trying a couple other lenses.
It become my most used, most satisfying lens on the DS. Compared
against the DA16-45, A24/2.8, and a couple of others with similar
focal length range, it seems to have comparable/equal to better
sharpness and contrast, and also has very good OOF rendering.
It's light weight and compactness is a near perfect match to the DS
body too. Fit a generic (Kalt or similar), screw-in metal lens hood
in place of the somewhat bulky Pentax lens hood (designed for 35mm
format) and it becomes more compact still, and does not vignette.
Godfrey
