Man, I saw a Pentax-F 35-80mm sold for 2.68 USD! In working order! I am bidding on both a 35-80mm and a 28-80mm now. It's funny how many of these old lenses are still on the market - I mean Pentax-F was the early Pentax AF days - Pentax SF, right - that's the late 1980's! I still have a SFXn, but not working :-) My Z1p is working like new, though :-) Even the old Pentax-F 50mm 1.4 is sometimes selles for HUGE numbers. Some say it's the best 50mm Pentax ever made. Likewise the FA 50mm 1.7. Still haven't got neither of these two...
The 20-35mm lens is harder to find. I still own a 28-80 1:4-4,7 (Z1 kit lens). Not excellent, but still good value for money. I find my FA* 28-80mm excellent (better than many primes!), and the Tamrom 28-75mm is excellent too. But both are too bulky for the K-01, I think. A 20-35mm and a 28-80mm or 35-80mm would be a nice combo for the K-01, I believe :-) Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Apr 8, 2012 23:34 [email protected] wrote: > My recommendation for an inexpensive, small zoom would be the 28-80 > f3.5-4.5 > smc Pentax F - I've had one for over 23 year and has served me well > without > fail. Also has a macro setting for close ups. Last I saw on KEH, they > went > for around $45 USD. YMMV > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 4:41 PM > Subject: Re: Which zoom lens for the K-01 > > > > On 4/8/2012 3:39 PM, Jens wrote: > >> Hello list. > >> If I want my whife to use the K-01, I'm sure she'd wnat a zoom > >> lens. > >> Which (slim) zoom lens could I mount?1 > >> > >> Regards > >> Jens > >> > > > > If you're looking for a small zoom such as the Olympus 14-42mm I > > don't > > think any such K mount lens exists. The smallest Pentax Zoom I'm > > aware of > > is the F 35-70mm f3.5-5.6 which is very compact but you'll sacrifice > > the > > wide angle part of the range. The good thing is that it's very > > inexpensive on the used market. > > > > -- > > Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want > > to > > avoid a lengthily search. > > > > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
