the Fa35/2 must be a piece o crap lens if its a prime that cant match an even great zoom at middle apertures.
----------------- J.C.O'Connell [email protected] ----------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 12:25 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL... I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when working quickly and efficiently is important. Paul > This lens (FA 35mm f2) is a bit less sought after since the > introduction of the Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL which, by all reports, > gives close to the same sort of performance for about half of the > price. I think that has reduced demand and prices on what this lens > was fetching prior that lens being introduced. If you think the full > frame will get here eventually and you want a lens that can then be > used on both, or the half stop is important to you, then the F or FA > are the way to go. > > -- > 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.
