I never understood consumers that line up and even sleep in line just to be first for the new item.
I do understand the desire to get a new item that you want or need.
It is hard to be patient, but being first to buy also means being first to find the first run production errors.... first to find bugs and gllitches..... and first to find out if the initial asking price is off base compared to the market.

Sad but true, you pay extra to be the beta tester on all fronts.

It is easier to lower the price of a product after it hits the market, than to release it at one price, then realize you could've charged more... seldom does a product get so much demand that a manufacturer might be tempted to raise prices after launch, and when it does happen, the public usually cries "foul" and "Price gouging".

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buy his book.

looks to me like you got it covered unless you want to swap out that tamron 90 for the pentax 100 macro....
all I got is the 50 1.4, 100 macro and 16-45......
oh yeah, I get results...



oh yeah, I got the 28-70 f4 and 85 2.2 soft as well...

with the exchange rate and shipping costs this would not work for me, here in Canada, but I hope somebody local to you jumps at the lens!
You can trust Matt, people!

Somebody dropped me an email:

"Don

.....If you are really looking for a 35mm lens then why not just buy Matt’s 35/f2. I have this lens and it is excellent, it’s the lens I pick by default and as far as I can see it has no known faults, it just delivers good, strong images with Pentax colours at very modest cost. AF is excellent but no quick shift which I do accept is a PITA."

to which I replied:

"hi there...
the only real thing preventing me from buying from Matt is this...
exchange rates, and shipping costs. it gets too close in price to the 35mm macro all said and done.
around here these lenses generally are in the $100.00 to $200.00 canadian when you can find them.... I've found a couple less than perfect copies out there.... but I want excellent, and cheap and I got till spring to buy something.
Mattmatic is soo good to people on the forum, I'd hate to insult him with a really lowball offer. He's asking a fair price, for where he is located..but too much for me, all other factors considered."

I meant to say the 21 ltd which is a lttle less than the 35 macro right now retail....
They are usually closer to what Matt is asking on ebay and in the bigger areas like Toronto... But Winnipeg.... you can often find somebody looking for a quick sale at half the going rate, if you are patient..... and cheap..... like me.....

Cyrils Rocky Mountian Cousin says "Keep your hands off my ....."

I'm considering the 35 macro as well. I want a decent prime in the 21 to 35 mm range, and the macro seems to be worth the money.... but Gerri likes to use af, and I worry that if she got the 35 macro on during a wedding shoot in low light the hunting for focus will be a problem for her... yet I know the 31 ltd price will definitely be a problem for her.....

See why sleeping with your boss can have adverse effects on your job?
I can't exactly fire her and hire somebody that has better eyesight and tell them to use manual focus....
I can't just go out and buy a 31 ltd and send in a reciept....
and I'm having no luck finding a decent used copy of a 28 or 35.....

my only hope is that the new 35 performs....

will read thnx.
on a related note, (complaints about camera manufacture) Ricehigh is whining about the red focus dots in the kr....
how many years was he nagging about the lack of red dots in the kx?

oh, and something about the battery as well...

I can't help but wonder...
How many people in this guys immediate family... spouse, children, parents etc have committed suicide from having to listen to this guys constant neurotic whining?

the only way to keep your photos from being taken on the net is to keep them off the net.

The older stuff on my website is crap compared to some of the stuff on my hard drives.

That is me... epic.
Seriously..... you do this long enough, you can walk in to a room, a studio or location shoot, look at the set up and guess the exposure and camera settings you'll need.
manual means no surprises.
no surprises means no "We can fix this in post" famous last words fiascos.

there is that, also light loss from the fact that true macros effectively have the extension tubes built in and lose some additional light at close focus..... so the 100 would would in fact need more power than the 35... for both reasons.