On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 07:26:44AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi scripsit: > On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Sandy Harris <sandyinch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Under $1500, preferably well under. If that gets a camera and one > > good lens, OK. If it covers two lenses, better yet. BH show $600 > > for K-x, so roughly $900 available for lenses. > > > > Getting one high-grade lens and either buying used for the other > > or waiting to buy it later is possible. So is having one be manual > > focus, perhaps even stop-down metering. I'll be buying in Hong > > Kong, so there are quite a few used options. > > ,,, > > What I have in mind is the classic 35/85 two lens kit. > > As time went on shooting with Pentax gear, my equipment needs wound > down to a body, the DA21 and FA43.
It's a heterodox suggestion, but Sandy could get the DA55-300 for the long end. It's not fast but it's a remarkably nice lens image-quality wise, and would start at the nominal equivalent of the 85-on-full-frame. -- Graydon -- 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.
