A35-105/3.5. I haven't taken it off my camera at all lately. Razor sharp at even f3.5. Stop down and it gets so sharp it will cut you. I like this lens so much I'm going to track down a minty copy soon. Mine has some slop in the focusing, but I've been more than ok with fighting the focus when I get the results back on my computer. You lose AF and 28mm at the wide end, so this might not work all that well for you. As much as I love wide angle, I'm finding the 35-100 range quite useful indeed. 50mm equivalent is a bit for a walk around though.....just a thought.
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > Good old Pentax QC strikes again. Mine's been fine and has stayed reasonably > tight. > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Boris Liberman <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 9:21 AM > Subject: Re: Normal Full Frame Zoom > > Rick, I've had few FA 24-90's including one that I bought and got it > to travel to Germany and back here. All of them, no exception suffered > from the same mechanical problem. The barrel would get loose so that > when the focus approaches infinity it would move sideways (easily seen > in viewfinder with split-screen) and ultimately miss the focus. > > In general I would steer away from both FA 24-90 and latest FA > 28-105/3.2-4.5 only because of that mechanical flaw. If one is > prepared to focus manually, these are both fine lenses. > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Mark, >> >> I shoot with the Pentax FA 24-90 quite a lot. It's considerably lighter than >> the 28-105, seems reasonably well-made (mine is still tight and sharp after >> ~15 years), and its contrast and flare resistance are excellent. >> >> Rick >> >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Mark C <[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Cc: >> Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 10:33 PM >> Subject: Normal Full Frame Zoom >> >> I've been shooting a bit of film latelyand have been using the FA 28-105 >> f4-5.6 zoom as my everyday lens. This past week I was really chaffing >> under this lens - it was just too slow, the rotating front element was >> at times a PITA, it is heavy (thanks to the power zoom motor etc), and >> looking at the image results, it is rather soft around the edges when >> shot wide open (which I do more often that I'd like because it is so >> slow!) Granted, I was shooting IR film and using a #29 deep red filter >> most of the time (-3 stops) but this made me wonder about alternatives.... >> >> Looking at Pentax Forums lens ratings, I was surprised to see that the >> two zooms I have (the 28-105 and the FA 28-70 f4 AL) are near the top of >> the pack for the "consumer" zooms and altually very close to the the FA* >> 28-70 f2.8... I would rate the lenses I have as very good in terms of >> optical quality, but falling short of really first rate quality. >> >> Can anyone suggest any top-quality 3rd party lenses in the 28 - 100 >> range that I should take a look at? I am hoping for somehitng that is >> faster than what I have (either f4 constant or f.35-f4.5), 24/28 mm - >> 90/100 mm, non-rotating front element of very good optical quality (on >> par with the lenses I have.) >> >> I won't go on from there ... >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Boris > > -- > 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.
