Thanks to everyone for the great feedback and info. (And Don's lye soap imagery)

Hefty is a visionary and Dan's up on the latest.

Will 15mm be a fisheye as far as distortion on regular subjects (people, pets etc.)? I'm hoping it'll be more like a 24mm on film would be. Do you figure it'll cost much more than the 21mm?

Farfisa, I'll look up Aden's, heck, sort of on the way to visit daughter #2 in Barrie!

Ta,

Farfisa,

I agree about the quick-shift - have it on my kit lens, use it a lot, and can't believe how much I miss it on the 31mm!

I'll look forward to it on the DA 21.

Who are you looking at to get your 21?

Lens Buying Addict.

Thanks Stefan,

I should have checked further into the wide Limiteds before I posted. Obviously we can't compare FA to DA on this one.

So, it looks like a DA 21mm Limited in black will be the next on the list. I don't think DA's come in silver - too bad.

Unless someone thinks the 21 is horrible?

(A LIMITED - horrible ::shock

Off to wash out my mouth with Grandma's lye soap.

I still love the 31mm Limited FA to death - I think it is way better than anything I own.

I'd like to begin the next quest for another Limited Prime, and probably would like to go wider.

I notice that, for obvious reasons, the FA lenses are more expensive than their DA counterparts. Is there a difference in Image Quality twixt the two?

I have a couple of SMC TAK primes in wide angle which I'll keep using for film, so would only use the wide Limited on digital.

Would love to hear your experiences.

Thanks as always,

Polchraine wrote "And I know the "bars" to visit too!"

Now, whatever do you mean?

All the clubs I like here have poles, not bars.

Please clarify!

"My Angel is the Centerfold"

Hi S Raff,

Can you verify which camera body you're attaching to?

Thanks,

,[/quote]Mac, the Eclipse stuff is from the USA

Ken[/quote]

And to Screwdriver Chris, too....

I'm goin' too fast as usual.

Thanks to all of you for the great input - and especially the confidence you've given me to give everything a go.

I was about to trash my poor K110D and buy a K20D, but with the money you've all saved for me, I can buy shares in Eclipse, Dust-Aid, Visible Dust, etc. I see a real growing need for these hygene products.

I have been using a combination of "dust pump" zooms, and both K Mount and adapted Screw Mount primes lately - changing lenses constantly.

Not especially dusty, but with the heating season upon us - it's getting very dry in the house - thus more static(y).

As I mentioned earlier, ol' Daddy Mac will be asking for cleaning stuff for his Christmas stocking. The Pentax wand thingy should arrive next week and hopefully will tide me over until Santa comes. (And hey, it says PENTAX on it - and I collect.)

My philosophy for starting with one of Chris' SRS refurbed K110D's as my first DSLR was to literally try every possible thing out on it - taking thousands of shots in every conceivable combination. Once I had satisfied my experimental, inquisitive, and somewhat risky impulses, I'd move up to, and baby, a K20D.

Know what? I can't seem to hurt this little tank. I used to say "They don't build 'em like that any more." (Check my sign-off to see what I'm comaring to). I was WRONG! Way to go, Pentax!

Now I can happily experiment with decontaminating what I thought was something too delicate to consider even looking at. (And thus my chicken comment earlier - thanks Dan, for pluckin' this one!)

Thanks again to you all - you've been more than patient, and it's appreciated!

Cheers,