I ordered one back in early December. Not holding my breath. Dave On 1/28/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The FA77/1.8 Limited is a delightful lens and if you want > compatibility to a 35mm SLR as well, it's the natural choice. > > I sold mine and replaced it with the DA70/2.4 Limited. Between the > DA70 and the FA77, there is little to no difference in sharpness > (wide open or stopped down), contrast, or the quality of the out of > focus rendering. It's smaller and lighter ... remarkably, quite a lot > so. There's a little more corner falloff wide open, but by f/4-f/5.6 > that is all gone. The Quickshift focusing feature is why I made the > change: it proves to be very very handy to me. And the shorter focal > length is more convenient and useful with the 16x24mm format. > > I'm very happy I had the FA77 ... it's a great lens ... and I'm > equally very happy I traded it off for the DA70 ... I'm only ever > going to work with the Pentax DSLR range and this lens is more > suitable for that. > > G > > > > On Jan 27, 2007, at 4:04 PM, J and K Messervy wrote: > > > I've heard nothing but praise for this lens and have to say that > > the sample > > pics I've seen taken with it are lovely. I'm doing more portraits > > (mainly > > of my kids) lately and am also considering doing my first wedding > > this year, > > so a fast, short telephoto is something I'd love to get. > > > > The problem seems to be that finding a 77 ltd (let alone affording > > one) > > appears quite difficult. I gather that Pentax is not keeping up with > > demand. From what I've seen of the DA70 ltd, I'd prefer the 77, > > for that > > extra speed and its reputation. > > > > Are they as hard to find as my web searching leads me to believe? > > Another > > option may be an old 85 1.8, but they're few and far between and > > also quite > > expensive when they do turn up. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > James > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >
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