Originally posted by seacapt I bought a FA 28-105 new with the K20d hoping it would fill the shoes of my Canon FD 35-105 macro (my alltime favorite carry around lens) but I alittle dissapointed .
Hi,
How were you disappointed? Sharpness? Contrast? Color rendition?
I sympathize with your comments regarding build and particularly with the frustration with the lack of moderately-priced high value wide angle options. I am not familiar with the lenses you have purchased, but might have given a small piece of advice with the initial purchase. That advice:
Get the DA 18-55 kit
It is cheap and performs well except for being too slow for low light. The best part is that the 18-55 is the cheapest route to a workable wide angle solution. The DA 50-200 or DA 55-300 might also be added to round out the kit on the long end. Other alternatives exist in the Tamron/Sigma/Tokina world. I know...these are pretty pedestrian choices, but they offer the chance to know the digital medium without wasting a ton of money on glass.
Once you use your camera a bit and read the various threads on this and other sites, you will get a feeling for where your best lens values are. The nice thing about Pentax is that there is a huge selection of old-school lenses that will work nicely with your camera. If you take a look at my signature, you will see only two truly modern lenses. The rest are either old, weird, or both.
Steve
BTW...Check out any of the "club" threads in the Pentax SLR Lens Discussion area. You will see tons of pictures taken with all sorts of lenses along with notes by people who actually own and use the things.