Originally posted by Craigbob I'm curious, why do you think the FA-J 18-35 is a terrible lens? I picked one up recently and I like it a lot. Is it cheaply made/flimsy? Maybe a bit, but I seem to get good shots from my K-1 with it. For the price a D FA 15-30 (Which I'd love to have BTW) would cost me, I can buy 10 of the 18-35.
For me, it's a bargain of a lens.
I suspect Graigbob, that even though it was bought old new stock, my lens is on the bottom end of the "within technical parameters" evaluation, while yours is at the top end. Mine purple fringes like crazy, a sure sign it is out of alignment. Trouble is I paid $100 for it. DO i really want to spend money trying to get it repaired? I am happy to here yours is good. Then I see my lens as a gamble that didn't pay off, as opposed to assuming I was absolutely out of my mind.
I brought the Sigma 8-16 along thinking I'd use it on the K-3, but then I thought, "try it on the K-1, what have you got to lose?"
I can't tell you how much happier I am with the K-1 being able to use the Sigma at 14-16mm.
At 16mm
At 14mm
At 11mm and cropped to 19.1 MP.
16mm may be too wide, but, I can always crop. With 28 instead of 24 or 20, there was nothing I could do.