I've had one for quite a while too. I'd pretty much echo what Jostein said. I'd really like to try it on a more modern body with better AF.
I haven't used mine in a while. I could be convinced to part with it but I'd need to have a look at its condition. I also used to have the F*300 which has the same optics as the FA. I liked that lens a lot and it pained me to sell it. Cheers, Dave > On May 19, 2018, at 7:22 AM, Jostein <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: > > Subash, > I owned the FA*400/5.6 for many years and enjoyed it a lot. It's light and > portable and handles well. There wasn't much colour fringing as far as I > recall. On digital I only ever used it with the *ist-D and the K-10D because > I sold it to finance the FA*600/4 in 2008. > > Jostein > > > Den 18.05.2018 16:09, skrev Subash Jeyan: >> i recently used for 4 days the FA* 300/4.5 of a friend and liked it >> quite a bit. i've been looking at buying (may be, perhaps) the FA* 400 >> and would love to hear perspectives/opinions of those who have used it: >> the IQ, how it handles, etc... >> the only source for them is of course Ebay, mostly from Korean/Japanese >> sellers. i am a little wary of buying the DA* 300 because of the SDM >> problems... >> i can buy the DFA 150-450 but it is prohibitively expensive here. for >> the price, i can buy a nikon d7200 and the nikkor 200-500/5.6...., >> which is another option... >> thanks for your inputs. appreciate them. >> ~subash > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
