Thanks for your comments, Dave. Everyone seems happy with the lens, so it's now on my very short list.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: David Oswald > I tried a few times to buy the FA35/2 a year ago, and kept missing them > on eBay and B&H. Finally I gave up. A few months later I got myself > the SMC Pentax-FA 28mm f/2.8 AL. It has become my most often used lens > thanks to its 'wide normal' (or sometimes described as 'perfect normal') > focal length, its compact size, simplicity, and image quality. It's a > lens that I can put on the camera and forget about for the rest of the > day; a statement that previously was only true of my 28-105 mounted on a > film camera. > > I know the 35/2 is a fantastic lens, but I almost feel glad that I got > the FA28 instead.
