I don't know about the FAJ 18-35, but I was in the same position as you and went for the Samyang manual focus 19-35. I got the Phoenix-branded one, but it comes in many guises. I didn't use it for a long time because I really didn't have confidence in it, but I pulled it out the other day and thought it did pretty well. Much better than I expected.
I used it on my ME Super with black and white film. Unfortunately, I haven't scanned any of the negatives or prints, so I can't show an example. I believe there is an auto-focus version, but I have read it is not as good. Funnily enough, just today I was looking at the FA 20-35 on the Keh website. I would really like to have that lens, but for me it is a film-specific lens and I don't use film enough to justify the cost to myself. I don't regret the Samyang but the 20-35 has a good reputation. Anyway, I know that I'm not answering the question you asked, but I hope it helps anyway. Ira On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:48:47 -0400 Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: > I know it's cheaply built, but I've got one offered to me at a very > reasonable price and it would make a nice wide zoom option for my > Z-1p. Sadly funds do not currently extend to a FA 20 or FA 20-35 which > would be my preferred choice. > > So, how is it on film? > > -Adam > -- Ira Bryant [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.
