On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:20:11 -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Thanks Shel
I went and bought it. It cost me the princely sum of AUD $120, which equates to about $6.71 USD :-) It is in exceptionally good condition, so I'll play with it on the weekend. Cheers >It's a great lens! It, and the K24/3.5 are considered to be >excellent. >Some say the 3.5 has a minimal amount less distortion, but I've not >found any objectionable distortion in my sample of the 2.8 - it's a >keeper! > >Be sure to get a good lens hood for it, though. It's wide enough >that >you've got to be careful about stray light. The Nikon HN-1 and HN-2 >are >good choices. I prefer the HN-2 as it's a little deeper, but it may >vignette if you use a pol filter or a really thick filter. I've not >encountered vignetting, but I don't use filters too often. > >Jon Hope wrote: > >> I have the opportunity to buy one of these at a pretty good price. > -- Jon Hope, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 21/02/2002 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

