The FA* is certainly a better buy at the same price. Paul On Jan 12, 2007, at 7:34 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
> I had an interesting visit today. Not the mailman with the K10, but > a chap > who has the dilemma in the subject line. So to make himself even more > confused he fondled my dear FA*. We had a couple of hours of fun > talking > Pentax in general and short telephoto. He showed me a couple of his > preciousness, and I showed him mine. It was quite cosy really. And > guys, > don't get any ideas, I'm talking photographic tools. > > He has been offered a demo FA* for near exactly the same amount as > the Ltd. > What he wants a fast short telephoto for is mainly to shoot his > nephews. He > has a Sigma 70-200/2,8 but his experience is that AF is to slow, > and off > course it back focuses. He was also talking about using it in a medium > weight trekking kit. > > We found the FA* to focus faster than the Sigma. He is also > planning to buy > a K10, so AF speed will probably be all right. And that is one > reason he was > leaning towards the FA*, because the seller had told him the Ltd > has way > slower AF performance. Can someone confirm this? > > Another reason for preferring FA* was that he found the Ltd more a > piece of > jewellery. He expected he would feel a bit uncomfortable with using it > outdoor under rough conditions. I can sympathise with this. The > built of the > FA* begs for real life use. > > He asked me if I felt the FA* to be a close range lens. Any > comments on > this? > > So basically I'm asking for advise for a sympatric Pentax guy. Take > it away > Sam... > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
