Originally posted by smcook99 The one chance meant a combination of
1: I will only allow myself to buy 1 lens in the next 365 days
and
2: There was a 28-75 being sold in my relative vicinity
I knew of no other option for the other 2 lens except stores, but considered them as alternatives to the 28-75
First, allowing yourself one lens for the year is unrealistic--especially since you paid $300 for this one.
You could buy three, maybe four, maybe SIX with bargains, top quality Pentax manual primes for this money--top quality glass and steel construction, except you have to manually focus.
So for $150, instead of "fixing" this lens, you can buy an SMC or Super Tak 50 1.4, plus a Super Tak 105, or 35, or 28. Or an incredible Helios 44 (58mm) for $25 to $50, plus other stuff, and whatever.
I just wish some people would get away from this zoom thing, when they see the values available in comparable FL primes.