bump there for K35/3.5 - beautiful tiny but sharp lens. Needless to say - built as a tank

hi robbie....any pics of that lens?

Haven't seen adapter for pentax, but it is possible to do a lens mount reversion.... take a look at this link:
www.leitax.com
it's quite simple, although the machined lens mount they are selling is quite expensive

I've used two converted Contax lenses : Planar 50/1.7 and Sonnar 85/2.8 and they were absolutely beautiful with my K10D.

martin

As pointed above....some DA lenses may be close in terms of optical quality, but have advantage in being faster and having more solid build. I owned only one DA* lens - 50-135 and I was very positive about it. Great lens, it was so good, that my FA77Limited stayed at home since I got that lens. On the other hand - I wasn't impressed by 16-50 (which i have borrowed for a week or so), maybe because I have quite good 17-70. 16-50 might have been tiny little bit sharper in the centre, but you really have to pixelpeep. Definitely I wasn't so impressed by it as in case of DA*50-135.
Held DA*300 for the first time yesterday.....rugged heavy and beautiful lens. Feel of confidence, but I didn't take any photos to comment on its output.

mind there are good alternatives like Sigma EX 50-150/2.8 (hard to find, but very similar to Pentax)

Hi, do you have any photos of those lenses....that Zeiss surely looks interesting....

hmmm....great lens

i am tempted too but i have fa135/2.8 at home....

Just imagine how much would DA*300/2.8 cost.....i doubt there will be many buyers for such glass....btw. I don't think so that pentax is let down by lack of fast supertele....

these photos reminded me how i loved windsurfing....thank you for that

wow, still up for sale?