I have the DFA 100 and like it a lot; I don't find the build too weak - mind you, macro lenses don't get banged around as much as DA* zooms which are built to take some abuse and AF hunting on the K10D is an issue only in low light so I am OK with not having a limiter plus I can prefocus manually so the long travel of the helical focus doesn't hurt me as much. And it doubles nicely as a portrait lens, too. IQ is brilliant as far as I can tell and it tested as Pentax's best lens according to Germany's fotomagazin (not sure if it is a "so far" or "entire lineup" best though) Cheers Ecke
2009/11/7 Leon Altoff <[email protected]>: > Hi All, > > I currently have the FA100/2.8 Macro, and it's a great lens. It is > however large and built like a tank. The DFA100/2.8 macro is small > and light. > > My question to any who have experience with these lenses is, if I go > for small and light over large and built like a tank am I going to > lose out on image quality or be disappointed by build quality? > > Or does anyone know if Pentax is planning on upgrading their macro > lenses any time to include weather sealing? I'd really like a weather > sealed 100mm macro lens. > > -- > > Leon > > -- > 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.
