Hi! > He has been offered a demo FA* for near exactly the same amount as the Ltd. > What he wants a fast short telephoto for is mainly to shoot his nephews. He > has a Sigma 70-200/2,8 but his experience is that AF is to slow, and off > course it back focuses. He was also talking about using it in a medium > weight trekking kit. > > We found the FA* to focus faster than the Sigma. He is also planning to buy > a K10, so AF speed will probably be all right. And that is one reason he was > leaning towards the FA*, because the seller had told him the Ltd has way > slower AF performance. Can someone confirm this? > > Another reason for preferring FA* was that he found the Ltd more a piece of > jewellery. He expected he would feel a bit uncomfortable with using it > outdoor under rough conditions. I can sympathise with this. The built of the > FA* begs for real life use. > > He asked me if I felt the FA* to be a close range lens. Any comments on > this? > > So basically I'm asking for advise for a sympatric Pentax guy. Take it away > Sam...
I have 77 Ltd (as you know) and I only *saw* FA* 85/1.4, never touched one. Well, I did touch the FrankenCam with FrankenLens attached, thanks to Cotty, but I think it was A* 85/1.4. I've been taking my 77 Ltd to various places and it is still doing very well ;-). I must say that FA* looks and A* feels very big. I vote for 77. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
