Hi ... Welcome to the list, and welcome to Pentax.
Perhaps you should pick up a nice manual focus 50mm lens to use with your manual focus cameras. The various iterations of the 50/1.4 or 5/1.7 aren't too spendy, and then, when you do get an auto focus body, grab a complimentary 50mm AF lens. However, for a real treat, you might consider saving your pennies, nickels, and dimes, and hold out for the 43mm Ltd instead of a 50mm. That's a lens that works very well in both manual focus and auto focus modes. James Kiker wrote: > > I'm new to this list as of this week and have a question for the members. I > just decided to convert to Pentax after using Olympus for the last 12 years. > This decision was brought about by the fact that Olympus is no longer > catering to the advanced amateur/professional SLR users, and is heading > toward point and shoot/digital almost exclusively (nothing against them, > just not what I use). I considered Canon/Nikon, but didn't like their > prices, plus my dad gave me his old K1000 and a couple of lenses (50mm f2.0, > 135mm f3.5), so I had a start. Also, my new ZX-M should arrive today. > > My question is, what is the opinion of the FA 50mm f1.4? I was thinking of > getting this lens new, and was wondering how friendly it is for manual > focus. I'd thought about getting an older manual 50mm, but I'd like the > auto-focus because I'm planning to get an AF body sometime in the future. > Also, should I save some money by opting for the 50mm f1.7 instead? Another > question: can I use a flash off-camera with the ZX-M? Does it have a pc > sync socket? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 .
