Hi Silke, and welcome to the list! The FA 28-70/4 is a very good allround zoom lens, although the manual focussing feel is pretty bad. If you plan to get a AF body eventually (and the MZ-5N is a great one) that lens is a very good alternative.
For other lenses, most K-mount SMC Pentax lenses are very good (of course, the better the more they cost). I strongly advice you to get a good basic prime lens to the K2 (since you already shot some pictures you must have one already - which one?). A normal lens, like a 50/1.7 or 1.4 is a great start. Regarding telelenses, a cheap and very good lens is the SMC-M 135/3.5. More information can be found on the following web sites: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ (general information on K-mount Pentax equipment) http://home.att.net/~alnem/ (contains reviews of various Pentax lenses) http://www.concentric.net/~smhalpin/ (another Pentax lens review page) http://www.photographyreview.com (reviews of all kinds of equipment of all brands) Good luck, and don't hesitate to ask any question to the list. best regards, Erik (still somewhat of a Pentax beginner myself, although 15 years of photo experience) -----Original Message----- From: Sandmann, Silke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: den 29 oktober 2001 13:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: so many questions Hiya there, let me expose it the following way. I am complete unexperienced regarding Pentax but I am willing to learn as much a possible. For a certain time someone has lent me the K 2. Wonderful camera. I have got a relationship with it already and the first pictures came out great, too. Though there was someone during the first days who helped me with the settings. Last Saturday I visited an international camera-exchange-market here in Cologne, looking for objectives and equipment. Well - that was a very good try... but unfortunatly not very succesful. The first one tried to sell a 28:80 objectiv, the next one somethin 135 mm and so on...... I got totally confused and went home eventually with a camera-brace. Don't laugh! It is sad enough and I am still smiling about my failure. It is so much fun anyway. I honestly discovered a wonderful hobby. I bought a book with advises and instructions regarding diaphragm, illumination and so on but I can't find anything about the "right" objectives. I am not sure yet if I am going to keep the K 2 or if I am going to by the MZ 5 N but I would like to get the objectives already, at least the knowledge, which ones I should get first. Is it right, that the 28:70 is adviseable? What about the telephoto lens? I am grateful for any advises of you experienced Pentax user. I mean, everybody has started .......... Any coments are appreciated. Thanks in advance. Kind regards and sorry for so much text (but it is worth reading it anyway:)). Silke - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
