You might want to wait until the new DA* lenses are released. That will prompt a lot of good prices on the DA 16-45, which is a far superior lens. Paul On Mar 23, 2007, at 9:55 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> Thanks John ... I think the lens will be just perfect for my > needs. It's > smaller than I remember it to be, a nice plus, a 52mm filter thread > is also > nice.. As soon as I sell some unneeded equipment and pay a couple > of bills, > I'm gonna grab one. > > Shel > > >> [Original Message] >> From: John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Date: 3/22/2007 7:09:20 PM >> Subject: Re: Questions About the FAJ 18-55 >> >>> Hope the nomenclature is correct. In any case, does it have a >>> macro or >>> close-up feature. IIRC, the 16-45 does ... right? >> >> The DA 18-55 actually has decent macro capabilities, though I >> don't know >> what magnification it achieves at closest focus (best guess would be > 1:4). >> Sometimes I use it instead of my D-FA 100mm macro when I don't >> want to > carry >> around the extra lens. >> >> You can expect to pay around $100 for a used DA 18-55, give or >> take. I > got >> mine on eBay for around $90. Very good value for the money, even >> if you > pay >> more. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
