Hi Paul, Yours is a good idea, but ...
If I sell some items now, I'll want, and even need, a lens sooner rather than later, plus it's hard to imagine the 16-45 selling for less than the 18-55 in any circumstance. But you're right in that it's something to consider. It's all in the timing and the finances. First I gotta see what sells over the next month or so. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Date: 3/23/2007 5:09:43 PM > Subject: Re: Questions About the FAJ 18-55 > > You might want to wait until the new DA* lenses are released. That > will prompt a lot of good prices on the DA 16-45, which is a far > superior lens. > Paul > On Mar 23, 2007, at 9:55 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Thanks John ... I think the lens will be just perfect for my > > needs. It's > > smaller than I remember it to be, a nice plus, a 52mm filter thread > > is also > > nice.. As soon as I sell some unneeded equipment and pay a couple > > of bills, > > I'm gonna grab one. > > > > Shel > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> Date: 3/22/2007 7:09:20 PM > >> Subject: Re: Questions About the FAJ 18-55 > >> > >>> Hope the nomenclature is correct. In any case, does it have a > >>> macro or > >>> close-up feature. IIRC, the 16-45 does ... right? > >> > >> The DA 18-55 actually has decent macro capabilities, though I > >> don't know > >> what magnification it achieves at closest focus (best guess would be > > 1:4). > >> Sometimes I use it instead of my D-FA 100mm macro when I don't > >> want to > > carry > >> around the extra lens. > >> > >> You can expect to pay around $100 for a used DA 18-55, give or > >> take. I > > got > >> mine on eBay for around $90. Very good value for the money, even > >> if you > > pay > >> more. > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
