Originally posted by RobA_Oz Obviously, the announcement wasn’t memorable: the HD Pentax-FA 35mm F2. It’s the old smcFA35/2 in a new frock.
Originally posted by dbs I guess they ( Pentax ) are updating some of the lenses from SMC to HD.
They haven't touched the FA limiteds as of yet, I guess because of the probable backlash it would create.
Yes, I had heard about the update to the FA 35, which is nice but hardly significant. When a new 35 was mentioned I thought of a potential DFA* 35 — but I guess now that's supposed to be a 24mm lens (which is great, but that thing could easily wind up costing over $2,500).
Back to the FA 31, which is all I need for WA prime at this point: