Sure - used lenses can be a great source, if you can find what you want in good condition. Personally, I enjoy hunting down lenses and maybe even finding a good deal. But sometimes it's just as nice to buy something new. Some of my used lenses took more than a year to locate, some i had to return because of quality issues, and start searching again..
A big concern for me is that if I buy a Pentax DSLR (and I'm ~this close~ to doing so), there's no assurance that there will be lenses available in the focal and aperture range that I'd like. As it stands now, there are only a few primes faster than f2.0 that are available (31,43,77 - did I miss any?) and these are only minimally faster. Should I want a fast auto focus prime lens, what's out there? If I want a constant aperture zoom, what's available? Shel > [Original Message] > From: mike wilson > But there's always secondhand. How exciting!
