Chris, It's not that easy for me:
I am not sure I care much for 24/2 for several reasons -- it's twice as big and heavy -- it uses 67 filters (IIRC) -- it has longer min focusing distance -- I am not sure that f/2 is a real advantage over f/2.8: I don't have trouble focusing, and being 24mm, it's mostly used at f/8+. If there were 24/4 half the size and weight of f/2.8 and at least as sharp, I'd jump on it! -- which also means that AF is of dubious advantage -- pretty much everything is in focus anyway. Besides everyone's saying tthat that KAF3 is coming <VBG> OTOH, for super wide angle, matrix metering would probably be very useful (at least, center-weighted is next to useless -- but I use a handheld meter with it anyway). So unless FA 24/2 hugely outperforms A24/2.8, I see it having many cons and very few pros... Best, Mishka > From: Chris Brogden > > This is an easy one. Keep the K, sell the A. Use > the MF K lens for those times when feel, handling, > and taking pleasure in the act of photography are > more important than having the most advanced > metering. And if you want to update your > technology, no sense going halfway to an A-series... > spring for the AF 24/2 and get AF along with multi- > pattern metering. > > chris ______________________________________________ @Mail.ru Национальная почтовая служба http://www.mail.ru ______________________________________________ На правах рекламы: Закажи футболку с собственным e-mail адресом! http://r.mail.ru/cln1956/souvenir.mail.ru
