This is an excellent lens - I have one too and find it easily on par with FA77 and DA70 Limiteds. Only lesser than those limiteds in one aspect - autofocus
Martin

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bump....price lowered £325 + extra battery

I am selling my second K-5 for £340 (shipping to UK or EU incl.), body is in superb condition as it was used as a back-up body mainly.
Up-to-date shuttercount is 14 254 actuations.
Comes with box, manual and all the original accessories.
Payment preferably by PayPal...
I will upload some photos as soon as possible...

Hi all,
I am selling this lens for various reasons, mainly because I've got superb FA20-35 which I think is a superior lens and in combination with DA70 it covers all I need.
DA17-70 is optically and cosmetically in superb shape however it has some issues: first of all - SDM focusing is not very quick, actually not quick at all - forget about using it for sports, action or wedding
and secondly sometimes it fails to lock focus in low light, especially at telephoto end of range...
the lens comes with original hood and original caps...
for walkaround lens or landscape shooters it may be allright...
for the reasons above I will sell it for 150 quid....shipping included

I believe DA70 is perfectly fullframe capable .... based on some test shots on film SLR .....no vignetting whatsoever....

I owned both, 2 copies of FA77 and 2 copies of DA70 .... surprisingly, like the others above, I preferred rendering of DA70. DA70 is very compact and lightweight, however in its category FA77 is also very small...so I personally wouldn't overestimate the size difference. That said my K85 is larger and heavier than both and I still prefer it to Limiteds if i don't need autofocus.

beautiful camera....how much would be body only....without the lens?