On 5/22/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Paul and Alex for the compliments. :-) > > Having owned and used all of them now except for the DA40, all the > Limiteds are exceptional performers. > > I have no interest in 35mm film any more, other than sentimental > desire to use my Rollei 35S once in a blue moon (coming up...). The > DA21 and DA70 are a better fit to the K10D than the FA31 and FA77 > were. I still prefer the FA43 over the DA40, I think it presents > nicer rendering qualities. > > An interest in high quality lenses generally means that either you > have developed enough critical ability to discern quality that they > are warranted
I could discern the poor quality of some of my lenses after a few rolls of shooting with them when I first got "serious" about photography. Unfortunately at the time financial constraints prevented me from getting what I wanted. And when I finally could afford what I always wanted, Pentax went a discontinued them. > or that you want them as a status symbol. Wanting only > the highly vaunted, much adulated by peers older Limiteds is a sign > that the status symbol qualification may be intruding on your > objectivity. It doesn't guarantee this is true, but it's something to > think about. ...or you want a lens faster than f2.8. > On the other hand, far be it from me to discourage a little "lens > buying addiction". There are worse addictions in the world. I've always hated that stupid term. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
