Hi! > After struggling with the notion of buying the FA28/2.8 vs this one, > I ordered the 28/2.8, then cancelled the order. Decided in the end > that I wanted a DA series lens and wider was better. I'd planned to > order it with the 10Mpixel Pentax body but I'm suspecting there might > be a run on Pentax lenses after the announcement of the K10D, so to > pre-empt that I ordered the lens early. > > NICE, very nice. Fully as nice in build quality as the FA77 Limited > is. Similar cheesy (but beautifully made) lens cap. The lens hood is > awfully cute, but I wonder how effective it is ... I might just fit a > standard metal screw-in lens hood instead, it would be better at > helping me keep my fingers off the front element. The focusing ring > is a nice size and easy to grasp, the QuickShift focusing feature is > great (darn, I wish the FA77 had it). It fits the DS beautifully, so > small and light yet not flat like the DA40 Limited. > > Now to take some pictures with it. :-)
Godfrey, if you have access to film camera, I would ask you to please try it on full frame to see is it usable at all in this kind of conditions. Thanks. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
