Re: On topic of lenses and enablement, for a change

2010-06-10 Thread Rick Womer
Keep looking! It's my favorite lens, especially for shooting events. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 6/6/10, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: I tried to find a mechanically decent sample of FA 24-90/3.5-4.5 but failed so far. Ideally, I'd like something like

Re: On topic of lenses and enablement, for a change

2010-06-06 Thread Boris Liberman
On 6/3/2010 3:03 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Boris, this Pentax lens is an extremely well made tank. I enjoyed one for several years and sold in for a bit over $1,000 USD a couple years ago. I felt it somewhat heavy and sides all this new D glass was out. I bought the DA* 50~135, did some semi

On topic of lenses and enablement, for a change

2010-06-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I'm thinking of two things that I might want to do next with my gear cabinet. 1. Galia seems to have a liking of shooting small things. I seem to have a liking of making her use 50 mm lens, to which she does not really protest. Adding these two, I am thinking of buying a 50 mm macro

Re: On topic of lenses and enablement, for a change

2010-06-03 Thread eckinator
Hi Boris, I could hook you up with a DFA 50. I'd say LNIB to LNIB-. Please contact me offlist if you're interested. Cheers Ecke 2010/6/3 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Hi! I'm thinking of two things that I might want to do next with my gear cabinet. 1. Galia seems to have a liking of

Re: On topic of lenses and enablement, for a change

2010-06-03 Thread Jack Davis
Boris, this Pentax lens is an extremely well made tank. I enjoyed one for several years and sold in for a bit over $1,000 USD a couple years ago. I felt it somewhat heavy and sides all this new D glass was out. I bought the DA* 50~135, did some semi serious comparisons with the FA 28~70 f/2.8