Quoting Perry Pellechia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hello Sanford,
> Welcome to the list. I am a newcomer myself but I have been lurking
> for a while. There is plenty of both wit and wisdom on the list. It
> is up to you to figure out which is which.
>
> As for a zoom in the 20-35mm range. While I do not have the FA 20-35
> it is suppose to be a very good lens. The DA 16-45 is also an
> excellent lens but it is designed for APS-C digital only. I
> understand that it covers the full 35mm frame only down to about 24mm.
> Do you want the zoom for digital only of for both film and digital?
> I have the DA 16-45 and like most who have to really like it.
>
> Perry.
>
> On 1/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello To all the "P-heads" out there in the pdml family!. As a "newby" to
> this
> > site i thought i mite just drop a bit of info on you about myself. I have
> been
> > a pentax user since my high school days back in the early 70's & have
> owened
> > just about every model of pentax 35mm from the SP500 to the LX. As a
> landscape
> > shooter i have no real need for AF and have just started the l-o-n-g
> jurnney
> > into the world of "pixels". I tend to "accumulate" photo equ [just ask my
> wife]
> > that i buy & sell on ebay, as the bodys & lenses come & go around here i
> try to
> > run each lens thru it's paces and keep the ones i like. At the monent i am
> > looking for a zoom in the 20-35mm range & would welcome any thoughts that
> may
> > helpful. Ok,that may be more then youll ever want to know about me so i
> will
> > stop rite here. I must say i look forward to combined "wit & wisdom" that
> this
> > site has to offer. Ok,ok, "may have to offer". So we shall see. Thank you.
> > Sanford Story, Goleta calif.
> >
> >Dear perry-
>
> The lens is to be, as for now, used on my m/f equ. Some time down the road it
may find it self on a "pixel box" but i must confess i am still a devotee of
fujichrome at this stage of the game. That said however i am open to buying a
a/f lens if that is the best option. the 3 i have found to meet my needs are the
pentax fa20-35mmf4.0, the tokina 20-35mm f2.8 atx pro, and one[?] from tamron.
As it seems no one has anything good to say about the sigma in that range i feel
to avoid them altogether. In point of fact, all three of the above lenses are
only sold in an a/f mounts so it seems that i am destined to buy my first a/f
lens in the near future. "THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING" MAYBE SO, BUT
FOR NOW, "LONG LIVE FUJICHROME"!!! SANFORD.
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> Perry Pellechia
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