I had both and got rid of the DA35. It is a great lens, no doubt, with excellent sharpness and micro-contrast. It is the handiest single prime you can have on a digital camera. And it is possibly the best flower lens ever. If one day I have lots of money I'll buy another to keep permanently attached to my K100DS.

The problems I had with it? You cannot manually focus except at macro, since there is no travel in the focus ring. You cannot manually adjust aperture either, obviously. But I just found 35mm on digital too "in between". I found I wanted either wider or narrower. And f/2.8 is too slow for me.

I would never give up the FA43 as it has some incredible rendering powers and works just fine at f/2. I just wish it focused closer.

Sorry, but what mode are you talking about? I find it hard to believe than in Av pressing Green resets the ISO.

Hilarious. And in the very next thread!

I am not sure exactly what you mean. But that camera does not have LiveView. What it does have is DOF preview, in the same place that LiveView is on the K20D. Perhaps that is the confusion?

Exactly.

When one battery fails swap it for the warm one and then warm it up in turn. When it gets back up to temperature it will work again.

In that case I may as well suggest a Canon full-frame body with one of their tilt-shift lenses. Really the only way to do architecture.

Or perhaps a technical camera?

But, back to reality, get the DA16-45. A great lens for a cheap price. I have replaced it with the DA12-24 but it is now many times the price. And most of my shots are at 24mm anyway.

I agree with those who suggest the DA35 Limited as an excellent lens that would be almost impossible to beat on IQ. However I also agree with those who prefer the 28mm focal length on APS-C. My favourite 28mm lenses are some of the Vivitar branded f/2 speed manual focus variants.

Good deal for a Komine build. Someone's going to be enjoying that!

Many firms and websites do this. It makes their prices look better. And they can always justify it by saying they sell to tax-exempt businesses.

Nice shots that show what the lens can do with the right subject.