Yes it is a fabulous lens, ugly as lenses go and heavy, but a great performer.
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Graydon <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 03:55:38PM -0500, Tom C scripsit: >> This won't help but I was surprised that the used normal FA 100/2.8 >> Macros have a higher asking price than the brand new D-FA's on e-bay. > > It's sharper. The DFA has better colour rendering, but the FA is > sharper. > > It's also built like an aluminium brick. > >> FWIW, I find the lens perfectly acceptable on the digital bodies. I >> think I paid $200 for it, from the used lens counter of a camera shop >> in 1999. > > I paid 900 CAD for mine; last new one Henry's had in the fall of 2007. > (Yes, this was before I had a camera to put it on. I was dithering > between the K10 and expected-in-September K20D.) Don't regret it. > > -- Graydon > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
