Originally posted by nulla Great offer there Rob.. a true gentleman I must say.
By the way mate, how are you finding the DA*16-50. I got mine before getting the FA31 limited(have the FA77 as well) .. and I still love that lens its my favourite zoom and I use it mainly at its short end.
Cheers
Neil
You're too kind, Neil. One tries, you know...
I was pretty impressed with Adrian Owerko's 16-50, when I saw him with it at McLaren Vale, this Easter, so LBA took over, naturally. I must say I wasn't disappointed with the one I picked up from a fellow Forum member in NYC, a few weeks ago.
For its size and cost, the "kit" 18-55 is amazingly good, but the 16-50 is head and shoulders over it, as you'd expect for the price. My outfit includes a Voigtlander 58/1.4, so the primes span the 16-50 range and, of course, they do things the zoom can't hope to match except for its rapid versatility.
Adrian, by the way, was the source of my 14/2.8, which brings me back to the topic at hand. His collection of DA*s is pretty impressive, too, although I can't remember if he had the 15mm Pentax.