I had LR open so I did a quick metadata search. Of the several tens of thousands of photos I made with Pentax cameras and lenses, the FA31 accounts for less than 200. I found it rather a heavy and awkward lens that didn't live up to its reputation or its price when I received it in 2004. I sold it after only a short time and replaced it with the FA35/2 AL, which produced over 10 times the number of exposures in my library. To give you a measure by which to judge how much these lenses resonated with me, the last Limited I purchased was the FA43 in Feb 2007, which I used until I ultimately sold off all my Pentax gear in late 2008 ... the FA43 did the right thing for me, I made well over 25x the number of photos with it that I made with the FA31 and twice as many as I made with the FA35, in a shorter time.
Some lenses just do the job in a way that resonates. Some do not. I'm finding this right now on another front: I bought a brace of five new Voigtländer M-bayonet lenses recently. Four of the five click with my vision and produce immediately compelling results. But I can't get very friendly with the Ultron 28 ... it just doesn't click with me although I've got some super quality photos with it, technically speaking. I'll sell it soon. If a lens works for you, enjoy. If not, sell and move on. Don't worry about what equipment other people use ... :-) G On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > I was browsing PPG images by lens and noticed that there are only 23 > images there that were created with the 31mm f1.8 Limited. > Compare this to 435 images taken with the 43mm f1.9 Limited, 855 > images taken with the 77mm f1.8 Limited, and 1824 images taken with > the 70mm f2.4 > > Not sure what to read into that. Maybe fewer people have the 31mm > because they already have/had other lenses close to that range? > I'm wondering how much the 35mm f2.8 Macro Limited cannibalizes sales > from the 31mm f1.8 Limited? > Or perhaps this is related to the recent reorganization of PPG (a work > still in progress?) > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > 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. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
