Leon, I've purchased a DFA100/2.8 this year, after seeing Mark Cassino using one. I like the image quality in comparison to the A100/2.8 Marco. I've not noticed any drop in quality. The lens is lighter and the autofocus with touch-up is a blessing. The focusing accuracy with the K-7 is sharp. North American ebay has them periodically from a Canadian firm. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Leon Altoff <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I have only once used the limiter on the FA so I'm unlikely to > miss the feature. > > My 100 Macro is probably my most abused lens. 95% of pictures taken > with it have the front element inches away from salt water (I tried > the DFA 50 for a while but the working distance is just not enough and > you only dip the end of a lens in sea water once), it gets hit with > salt spray, rained on, put down on rocks and various other abuses and > looks and works as good as the day I bought it about 7 years ago. > > Mmm, writing that maybe I should be shopping for a second FA rather > than considering a DFA. > > The image quality sounds good, I'm going to have to consider the build > quality and see if I can get a really good look at one to see how much > rain and salt spray can get into the various gaps in the lens (I said > I wanted a weather sealed version). > > Thanks for the comments so far everyone. > > Leon > > 2009/11/8 eckinator <[email protected]>: >> 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) > > -- > 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.
