Originally posted by gofour3 Nice bag of goodies!
I always wanted to get/try the F17-28FE, but alas it does not have built in filters. I assume it does have a rear mount gel holder?
Phil.
Thanks, Phil! I am quite proud of it. Oddly, a friend walked into my office at work to show me a camera he got at a pawn store, and that lens was glommed on the front. I convinced him it wasn't the best choice for a lens to learn with, and bought it from him for $100 on the spot. I later sold him a 28-90 zoom for his Pentax instead as a better "Learner lens." As far as I can tell, it doesn't look like it has a gel holder. Would a shot of the back of the lens help?
Originally posted by WPRESTO Note that a new fish-eye zoom is the only non-prime on the current projected lens road map from Ricoh-Pentax. I think that since Pentax originated such a lens during the film era it has become a popular design.
A *ist was the last of my film-era Pentax bodies, but not my favorite AF model. I always liked my ZX 5n, perhaps because still had a shutter-speed dial. At that time, after so many years of having one, any camera lacking a shutter speed dial seemed to me less than a real camera.
I would love to see this roadmap. I took a shine to the *ist when I first started with K-mount, it fulfilled my wish of a digital Pentax that took film (Multi metering modes, bracketing, AF, etc). I sold mine to a friend at one point, but traded to get one back, then found the one I'm using now on eBay. Unfortunately, the little select dial on the top tends to break and only spin one way. The body i'm using now is the only one of FOUR owned by me and my friend that works. Other than that, the camera's brilliant, even if the AF isn't as impressive as I thought it was initially. I had considered a ZX5N, and even an MZs, but the ZX50 came as a trade from a forum member and I"m digging it
It's really quiet, and comfortable to hold. Good size and weight.