For the autofocus capability at that price, I'd spend the marital capital. On the other hand, I have to confess that I've been in trouble before due to LBA.
Add it to the collection and say that it followed you home... Cheers! Yonnie On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 7:11 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > The M 40 and the DA 40 are supposed to be identical optically so if he's > happy with the M 40's IQ it comes down to is the convenience of auto > exposure and auto focus worth spending his marital capitol. I don't have to > worry about that, but I do have an M 40 f2.8 and an FA 43mm f1.9, and if I > hadn't gotten the M as a lens cap on a classic film camera body I wanted, > quite some time ago, I wouldn't bother. > > That said, $100 for the DA 40mm f2.8 Limited is a pretty good price. > > On 6/28/2015 7:58 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> >> I know this guy, Pentax user, used to be on PDML. Maybe still lurking but >> shy? >> >> Anyway, he is asking the following: >> >>> Need some advice from the group. >>> You know, for a friend. >>> Say you noticed someone that's probably about two hours drive from your >>> home is selling a DA 40mm 2.8 for $100. Not the teeny tiny one. The "bigger" >>> one. >>> Consider that "my friend" currently owns a 35 macro limited and a M 40mm. >>> He has already this year purchased a K3 and a very reasonably priced used >>> Sigma 17-50 2.8. His normal annual budget for photo related things is nearly >>> zero. So this year is a large anomaly already. >>> >>> How much marital capitol would you think is appropriate to spend on such >>> a purchase? >> >> Any suggestions? I will pass the accumulated wisdom of the group back to >> him… >> >> stan > > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
