You might want to try to find the vivitar series 1 28mm F1.9. Excellent lens and it sells for less than $150 usually. Manual focus though... JCO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 9:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FA 31 mm 1.8 limited ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Chan" Subject: Re: FA 31 mm 1.8 limited > >How does the FA 31 mm f/1.8 AL Limited perform > > It is a pretty sharp lens corners to corners wide open, signfiicantly > sharper than the FA*24. One stop down it is super sharp. Although it is not > a fair comparsion, but it is the sharpest lens I have owned so far. Quite > possible one of the sharpest Pentax 135 lenses too. > > >and is it worth buying at $860.00 US. > > Probably not when FA28/2.8 & FA35/2 are a lot cheaper, but heck, do you > really care when you just wanted one? :-) I just recently checked into the pricing of this lens. The local shop wanted Can$1500.00 for it NIB. >From that POV, US$860.00 is probably not out of line, though that is a lot of money to pay for a lens for a 35mm camera. William Robb
