Thanks everybody for welcoming me to the forum and commenting on the performance of the DA L 35mm.

I have decided that I am definitely going to buy one now after hearing all of the positive comments. It's a shame Jessops recently dropped it from their range otherwise I would have made use of the Tesco deal and bought it immediately! I'll just have to list some of my unused gear in the classified forum and buy one from somewhere else. Can anyone reccomend a good online retailer, I have heard good things about SRS but I'm sure there are others?

Keir.

P.S. - Sorry about the late reply, been away from my computer for a few days.

Thanks everyone!


Jonathan-Mac - Is there anything noticeably poor about the DA L 35mm IQ or is it just that it is generally inferior to the 35mm limited? The plastic mount etc doesn't really bother me but a problem with the IQ definitely would.


davidstorm - I haven't had a chance to use the 28mm f3.5 much, as I've not had it long, but in my limited experience I have to agree that it is very sharp!

Keir.

Thanks snappychappy and AndrewA

I'm seriously trying to resist buying anymore lenses until I have sold the ones I don't need/want and made proper use of the ones I want to keep.

I bought two ME Super kits to get the Pentax M 28mm f3.5 (relatively rare I think) and a 50mm f1.7 and they happened to come bundled with some pretty nice lenses as well.

Anyway, I think I'm going to sell the two ME Supers and the unwanted lenses to fund a DA 35mm f2.4 - I've read this is a very good lens for the price and would be a good choice as a first AF prime.

Would love to hear opinions of the DA 35mm if anyone owns one on here.

Cheers,

Keir.

Hello all!

As the title says I'm 19, 20 next week though, and own a Pentax K-x. Got into photography about a year and a half ago so I haven't been at it long, although I seem to have developed severe LBA already

Anyway, hope to learn a lot from this forum and benefit from the advice the members have to offer.

Cheers,

Keir.