I had one of the FA28-105/3.2-4.5s that I used extensively with the *ist DS in 2005. I didn't have issues with focusing (it was neither better or worse than average for AF lenses on the *ist DS) and found it to be a very good performer most of the time. It is not at its best wide open, and particularly wide open at focal length settings above 70mm. Stopped down to my usual range around f/5.6-f/8, it did very well. Manual focusing is quick and positive. The Pentax supplied lens hood is overly large and inefficient for the DSLR format ... I replaced it with a Kalt generic metal screw-in "normal" lens hood that is a lot more compact and doesn't get in the way so much of the time.
Here are some examples I posed to my Picture A Week sets in 2005 and 2006. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/14.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/14p.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/15.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/16.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/17.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/18.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/23.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/25.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/28.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/30.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/39p.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/25.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/36.htm I sold the lens either late in 2005 or in Spring of 2006 as I found I'd moved on to other lenses (better quality primes) as my mainstay by then. Godfrey On Feb 5, 2007, at 8:05 AM, Roman wrote: > http://www.photodo.com/product_332.html > > In anticipation of the new DA* lenses major Pentax retailer in Estonia > has dropped the price for older FA and FA J lenses by 40%. Does anyone > have an example photos made with this 28-105 lense I'm planning to > purchase. A comments from your personal experience using this lense > would be greatly appreciated. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
