On Jul 15, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Adam Maas wrote: >> • SMC Pentax A Series 28mm 2.8 [$170 and up on eBay.] > > Quite a good little lens . . . . >> • SMC Pentax A Series 70-210mm Tele Zoom [Several in $150-$200 range >> on eBay.] > > The A 70-210 f4 is excellent, but the DA 50-200 f4-5.6 is better, has > AF, is much smaller when fully retracted and is usually a fair bit > cheaper. I'd only get the A 70-210 if I also wanted it for a film > camera. . . . . >> • SMC Pentax ( K ) 28mm F3.5 [One at $170 on eBay.] > > Excellent lens, I'd hesitate to pay $170 for it though, you can get > the optically identical SMC Takumar version for under $100 and a > screwmount adapter for $20 and get more functionality on your DS (The > screwmount lenses work in aperture priority mode)
Thanks for the feedback, Adam -- and to everyone else who responded to this thread. [And I will be more circumspect in the future about discussing prices on eBay.] Stan Halpin responded off-list with a link to his site which I've also found very helpful, and imagine I'll be referring to frequently in the future. In case others are not familiar with it here's the link http://stans-photography.info/ Sincerely ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- 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.
