I'll certainly have mine with me and can loan it to you for a bit.
This is one of my most used lenses now. I wish I'd had it when I was
in the UK in May/June.
It's a well made lens, albeit light-weight. I find the feel of the
zoom and focusing rings near perfect. The only thing I don't like
about it, as delivered, is that the supplied Pentax hood is somewhat
bulky but that's to be expected as it is a hood for 35mm format. I
replaced it with a generic 58mm metal lens hood from B&H (Kalt brand)
that makes it much slimmer (and it does not vignette on the DS).
Godfrey
On Sep 5, 2005, at 9:02 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Gang ...
Having used John Celio's FAJ 18~35 yesterday, and having found the
focal
range to be very nice (reminds me a bit of the M24~35 that I like
so much),
I'm thinking that I might want to get one after the replacement DS
arrives
and I've had some time to use it. This seems to be a well regarded
lens
here on the list.
Does anyone who is planning to attend the Pentax Pixel Party, or
the Anti
Pixel Party, have one of these puppies (Godfrey, Juan?) that I could
examine for a bit?
Any comments on the build quality and construction from anyone else?
Shel
