Thought I'd ask if anyone here has had a go at one of them.
I've got a friend who can get me one for much cheaper than UK prices when he's visiting Japan soon, and for my upcoming trip to Armenia, having the 20-40 would make perfect sense and I won't have to take multiple lenses along, leaving me with more space in the rucksack for clothes and things I'll need to survive with. My travel set up tends to be the 10-17mm fisheye, 31mm and da 70mm, but really, the fisheye doesn't have to tag along.

Have read a few reviews and there seem to have some mixed comments, but overall the cons seem to be relating to sharpness, which, I don't think is needed at every single aperture.

So, anyway, if you've had your hands on one, what did you think?

or any offers??

Selling a DA40mm XS, got it as part of a kit deal when I bought a K-01 for dad.

It's not been used since but has no box, has caps and a filter but not original pentax ones.

Can provide pictures, but they're stuck on my phone and i can't get them to the computer so I'll have to email them across if your'e interested.

Looking for £115 including postage to the UK.

Cheers
Adrian

That'd be great Mike, I shall wait for that.

Thank you
Adrian

Bit of a long shot but really considering swapping the FA31mm for the two lenses mentioned, or either one plus cash I suppose.

The FA 31mm was not owned from new, but in great condition optically. It has travelled with me to a fair few places so the body has seen a little bit of use but no dents, nor any major scratches, just the usuals you'd expect after a bit of use. Will chuck in the skylight filter that I bought with it. Also comes with original metal cap, leather pouch and box.

Not really looking for a sale unless it's a very considerable offer but more specifically the lenses mentioned, guess the combined value of the two would match up to the value of the FA 31mm ?! (please do correct me if I'm wrong!)

Cheers
Adrian

P.S. I can provide pictures but having a bit of a problem with my computer so am having to resort to picturing using my phone. If your'e after pictures drop me your email address and I'll send them across

Received yesterday but picked up from the depot today.
As described, great optically, just so delighted to be reunited with the fisheye!
Excellent communication from the seller, thanks a lot for a smooth transaction!

pm-ed re fisheye

I mainly use my camera when I'm travelling, and I don't even own a proper camera bag! What I use when I'm travelling is an old exped, padded drybag/toiletery bag with a zip and a shoulder strap. In it I can fit my K5 with either one of the following 3 mounted plus the other 2 spare inside (DA10-17mm fisheye/da 14mm/fa31mm/da70mm). I just kept the spare in a lens case (soft pentax ones), now I only have the fa31mm and the da70mm.
It's worked well, I always had a filter stuck on my camera but have felt that at times I would've wanted a CPL but as I'm a backpacker I'll be moving light and fast, so I opted for less faff.
Never had problems on planes/crossing borders/going to places where gear doesn't want to be seen.
I have to say I have hardly ever got checked for hand luggage, probably because it's always a rucksack that looks very light (But heavier than it should be in reality )

this is absolutely genius work, I might give it a go at some point despite being no engineering genius!!!

I started off with a very similar set up to gkw, but after 2 years and a bit I've ended up with the 31mm, 40mm XS, 70mm f2.4 and 18-55WR.

In between I've owned various things like the 16-45, 17-70, 18-250, as well as some 28mm manual primes.

I mainly take photos whilst travelling or when I'm in the hills/climbing, so that's obviously why I eventually got the 18-55 WR so I can bash it around.

Image wise I prefer the primes, they seem to produce better pictures than the zooms I've owned but I have to say if it were the 16-45 and 17-70, when stopped down they're pretty similar. Might just be me, but I sometimes find the primes give sharper colours than my zooms (or I might be wrong.)

When I owned zooms I always used to shoot at the wide end, and if I needed to, did a fair amount of cropping. But since I've moved to zooms I've started thinking about what I'm shooting a bit more, and certainly the composure of the image. Now I'm fairly happy to just head out with a 31 or a 40mm and shoot everything with it. I'm toying with adding a 15 or 21mm to the collection, but I think it'll most likely be the 15mm when I can afford it, for travelling an ultrawide is pretty useful.

If I were you I'd try on the 21mm and the 40mm and see which one suits you best, or else get the 35mm 2.4, at that price it's pretty foolproof! The 40mm XS is great, it's so small it's barely noticeable!!