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UK: WEX have some stonking good deals for the HD FA Limited
Posted By: Kevin B123, 06-16-2022, 10:35 AM

Wex currently have some stonking good deals for the HD FA Limiteds :

Pentax 77mm f1.8 HD FA Limited £549, use code PTX-CL-250 at checkout. Edit update: Sunday 19th June, this is now down to £469.00

Pentax-FA HD 77mm f1.8 Limited Lens - Black | Wex Photo Video

Pentax 43mm f1.9 HD FA Limited £449, use code PTX-CL-180 at checkout. Edit update: Sunday 19th June, this is now down to £386.00

Pentax-FA HD 43mm f1.9 Limited Lens - Black | Wex Photo Video

Pentax 31mm f1.8 FA HD Limited £649, use code PTX-CL-250 at checkout

Pentax-FA HD 31mm f1.8 Limited Lens - Black | Wex Photo Video

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06-16-2022, 11:21 AM - 1 Like   #2
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QuoteOriginally posted by Kevin B123 Quote
Pentax 31mm f1.8 FA HD Limited £649, use code PTX-CL-250 at checkout
Wow... if it wasn't for the current economic climate and uncertainties over what the future might bring, I'd have been all over that HD FA31 offer... Ah well, I'll have to make do with my Sigma 30/1.4 Art
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Wow... if it wasn't for the current economic climate and uncertainties over what the future might bring, I'd have been all over that HD FA31 offer... Ah well, I'll have to make do with my Sigma 30/1.4 Art
That's like saying, "I can't really afford the tenderloin at the moment, I have to be content with eating the ribeye".

(not sure if that translates well in the UK...)
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QuoteOriginally posted by ChristianRock Quote
That's like saying, "I can't really afford the tenderloin at the moment, I have to be content with eating the ribeye".

(not sure if that translates well in the UK...)
I've worked in the US often enough that translation between our "similar yet different" tongues is usually - as in this case - unnecessary.... but I think most Brits would get the gist anyway

I'm more than happy with my Sigma, as you know... it's a cracking lens; but, if the economy was looking good and I could predict two or three good years ahead, I'd have no choice on that HD FA31... just because

Oh, and now I could really use a good steak. Thanks...

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QuoteOriginally posted by ChristianRock Quote
That's like saying, "I can't really afford the tenderloin at the moment, I have to be content with eating the ribeye".

(not sure if that translates well in the UK...)
I think there's more at stake that that. (Sorry !)
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Wow... if it wasn't for the current economic climate and uncertainties over what the future might bring, I'd have been all over that HD FA31 offer... Ah well, I'll have to make do with my Sigma 30/1.4 Art
I know, it's so tempting but I am waiting on a D FA 70-210 f4 deal, that will likely occur the week after I buy one
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Update on the FA 43 price: now £386.00 and the 77 is now down to £469.00


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Update on the FA 43 price: now £386.00
You're killing me
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Wow... if it wasn't for the current economic climate and uncertainties over what the future might bring, I'd have been all over that HD FA31 offer... Ah well, I'll have to make do with my Sigma 30/1.4 Art
Just go for the FA 43 and FA 77, and sell your DA 60-250 that is too heavy. The 43 and 77 are tiny, ideal for you.
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Just go for the FA 43 and FA 77, and sell your DA 60-250 that is too heavy. The 43 and 77 are tiny, ideal for you.
With friends like you and @Kevin B123; to help me spend my money, who needs enemies?!

I would love the HD FA43 and FA77, biz, but it's the 31 I really want (at this price, at least). It would slot in really nicely with my HD DA15, 21, 35, 40 and 70 (all of which I'm very happy with) and potentially replace my much-loved Sigma 30/1.4 Art (then again, the two are quite different optically - so maybe it would just sit alongside the Sigma ).

I'm going to call Wex tomorrow and see what they'd offer me for my DA*60-250 in trade on the HD FA31. If I can get them to the same or better price than MPB offered, I think I might just have to go for it

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With friends like you and @Kevin B123; to help me spend my money, who needs enemies?!

I would love the HD FA43 and FA77, biz, but it's the 31 I really want (at this price, at least). It would slot in really nicely with my HD DA15, 21, 40 and 70 (all of which I'm very happy with) and potentially replace my much-loved Sigma 30/1.4 Art (then again, the two are quite different optically - so maybe it would just sit alongside the Sigma ).

I'm going to call Wex tomorrow and see what they'd offer me for my DA*60-250 in trade on the HD FA31. If I can get them to the same or better price than MPB offered, I think I might just have to go for it
Update:

Wex has an instant online quote facility, so I just entered the details for my lens and they came back with almost the exact same price as MPB (my guess is, they use MPB to shift trade-ins) - valid for 14 days. It means I'd have to stump up an additional GBP £300 for the HD FA31. It really pains me to let the DA*60-250 go for such a pittance - it's a superb bit of glass - but I'd use the FA31 a lot more. Maybe it's time to let go...
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Update:

Wex has an instant online quote facility, so I just entered the details for my lens and they came back with almost the exact same price as MPB (my guess is, they use MPB to shift trade-ins) - valid for 14 days. It means I'd have to stump up an additional GBP £300 for the HD FA31. It really pains me to let the DA*60-250 go for such a pittance - it's a superb bit of glass - but I'd use the FA31 a lot more. Maybe it's time to let go...
I agree it seems a pittance, and it is tempting. I have not been looking at the 60-250 for various reasons, and I can't think of it as a walk around lens.
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I agree it seems a pittance, and it is tempting. I have not been looking at the 60-250 for various reasons, and I can't think of it as a walk around lens.
Potential SDM failure puts a lot of folks off, I think, and that's fair enough. Mine - a relatively late model (c. 2015) has been, and still is, perfect... but the spectre of failure is always looming. Plus, you're quite right - in my view, it's just too heavy to be a walk-around lens (for me, at any rate). It's heavy for good reason, of course, given the glass, body materials and general build quality... but the fact that I usually shoot my screw-drive HD DA55-300 in preference - even with its optical compromises - speaks volumes. Lastly, there's the focus breathing. At short range, the long end is significantly compromised... I've heard it said that it's more like 135mm, and whilst I haven't measured it, I can believe it. I bought the HD DA1.4x rear converter primarily to use with the 60-250 at short range, just to get the reach a bit closer to what you'd expect from a 250mm lens. If you can live with the compromises, I think it's a superb lens and worth the hassle for the right photographer - but it's a big if.

Update #2:

I added my HD DA1.4x rear converter to the Wex instant quote, and it came back with a better price than I expected - not hugely less than I'd have asked if selling it privately. That makes me feel a little better (not a whole lot, but a little ) about the price for the 60-250. With both of those items part-ex'd and the current discount on the HD FA31, I think I'm good to go. I'll call Wex tomorrow and see if they'll keep an FA31 to one side for me, so I can go pick it up at their 25th Anniversary event

Thanks for the nod on these HD FA deals, Kevin. Much appreciated
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Black one saying discontinued on the 31mm now?

Wonder if WEX are no longer going to stock pentax as most of it is on special order now.

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