FWIW...there's a couple of brand new units of the FA 20-35/4 here in the Philippines...
Bong On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:45 AM, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Pentax FA 20-35. Nice little lens. It's only fault is that the zoom range >> is not as wide as others you have mentioned. So walk forward or backward a >> few paces to compensate. >> >> stan >> >> On Nov 13, 2008, at 3:05 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >> >>> > I'm becoming quite dissatisfied with my FAJ 18-35. The build > quality >>> > just doesn't seem solid. When I use a polarizer, the front > barrel slops >>> > around as I'm turning the filter, and it goes out of > focus. It feels >>> > very >>> > mushy. > > I don't think the difference between 18-35 & 20-35 would be that much of a > problem. > > Availability might be more of a problem. I couldn't find the FA 20-35 listed > at KEH, B&H, Adorama or on Ebay. KEH does have the Sigma lens. > > I want to continue shooting film as well as digital, and I don't want to > have to buy two sets of lenses. Pentax just doesn't seem to offer the lenses > I want. They've turned their backs on Pentax film shooters. > > But that's ok, because if they won't service the market, someone else will. > Sigma seems to be willing to. > > Or, eventually I'll be forced to change brands. > > -- > 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. > -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
