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Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?

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Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?

Sep 4, 2010

I really like the KX for small size, great image quality, and high ISO capability, but unlike Sony, Canon, and Nikon, all fast AF primes for Pentax are $$$!

For example Sony has 35 & 50mm f1.8's for under $200, and old Maxxum normals are half that. Similar situation with Nikon.

With Pentax all I can find is a 35mm f2 for $500+, 50mm f1.4 for $350 or so, and hard to find used 50mm f1.7 for maybe $200 on a good day.

Am I missing something? If I compromise on a manual focus lens what are good choices?

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Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	tomtom50	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Marc Sabatella	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Yamin Tedja	Sep 4, 2010
The Short Answer	Pentax_Prime	Sep 4, 2010
Re: The Short Answer	JimC1101	Sep 4, 2010
Re: The Short Answer	Leuf	Sep 5, 2010
Re: The Short Answer	zxaar	Sep 5, 2010
Re: The Short Answer	awaldram	Sep 5, 2010
Re: The Short Answer	zxaar	Sep 6, 2010
Re: The Short Answer	awaldram	Sep 6, 2010
Re: The Short Answer	zxaar	Sep 6, 2010
Re: The Short Answer	Pentax_Prime	Sep 5, 2010
Re: The Short Answer	zxaar	Sep 6, 2010
Re: The Short Answer	cheddargav	Sep 7, 2010
Pentax bets on future	Uluru	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Pentax bets on future	Sean Nelson	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Pentax bets on future	Uluru	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Pentax bets on future	Gazooma	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Pentax bets on future	Marc Sabatella	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Pentax bets on future	Sean Nelson	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Pentax bets on future	lol101	Sep 7, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Russell Evans	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Raphael Mabo	Sep 4, 2010
Dark side of compatibility for Pentax...	leopold	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Wanganuilad	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	tomtom50	Sep 4, 2010
Another look at it	Uluru	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Marc Sabatella	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	narddogg81	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	tomtom50	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Wanganuilad	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	tomtom50	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Sean Nelson	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Marc Sabatella	Sep 5, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	tomtom50	Sep 5, 2010
Never mind, something not quite right n/t	Russell Evans	Sep 4, 2010
OK, really thought I was forgetting for a minute	Russell Evans	Sep 4, 2010
Re: OK, really thought I was forgetting for a minute	Leuf	Sep 5, 2010
Re: OK, really thought I was forgetting for a minute	Marc Sabatella	Sep 5, 2010
Re: OK, really thought I was forgetting for a minute	Russell Evans	Sep 5, 2010
Looking at the links, it looks like I was off on the DA 40mm by $20-30.	Russell Evans	Sep 5, 2010
Re: Looking at the links, it looks like I was off on the DA 40mm by $20-30.	Marc Sabatella	Sep 6, 2010
Re: Looking at the links, it looks like I was off on the DA 40mm by $20-30.	Russell Evans	Sep 6, 2010
Re: Looking at the links, it looks like I was off on the DA 40mm by $20-30.	Gazooma	Sep 6, 2010
Re: Looking at the links, it looks like I was off on the DA 40mm by $20-30.	sajah	Sep 6, 2010
The DA 40mm is the cheapest Pentax prime but it is very expensive.	Gazooma	Sep 6, 2010
Re: The DA 40mm is the cheapest Pentax prime but it is very expensive.	Gazooma	Sep 6, 2010
Re: The DA 40mm is the cheapest Pentax prime but it is very expensive.	awaldram	Sep 6, 2010
Re: The DA 40mm is the cheapest Pentax prime but it is very expensive.	Gazooma	Sep 6, 2010
Re: The DA 40mm is the cheapest Pentax prime but it is very expensive.	gazonk	Sep 6, 2010
Re: The DA 40mm is the cheapest Pentax prime but it is very expensive.	awaldram	Sep 6, 2010
Re: The DA 40mm is the cheapest Pentax prime but it is very expensive.	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Re: The DA 40mm is the cheapest Pentax prime but it is very expensive.	awaldram	Sep 7, 2010
Re: The DA 40mm is the cheapest Pentax prime but it is very expensive.	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Re: The DA 40mm is the cheapest Pentax prime but it is very expensive.	awaldram	Sep 7, 2010
Re: The DA 40mm is the cheapest Pentax prime but it is very expensive.	Marc Sabatella	Sep 6, 2010
DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Uluru	Sep 7, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	tomtom50	Sep 7, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
oh dear Gazooma	Dédéjr	Sep 7, 2010
Re: oh dear Gazooma	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
This is another half-truth - that owners are necessarily better advisers	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
No sir!	Dédéjr	Sep 7, 2010
Re: No sir!	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Fairy muff	Dédéjr	Sep 7, 2010
Re: No sir!	awaldram	Sep 7, 2010
The Best Lens...	Cideway	Sep 7, 2010
Re: The Best Lens...	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Re: The Best Lens...	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Re: The Best Lens...	awaldram	Sep 7, 2010
Re: The Best Lens...	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Re: The Best Lens...	awaldram	Sep 7, 2010
Re: The Best Lens...	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Re: This is another half-truth - that owners are necessarily better advisers	awaldram	Sep 7, 2010
Re: This is another half-truth - that owners are necessarily better advisers	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Re: oh, kelp !	Tan68	Sep 7, 2010
Re: oh, kelp !	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Re: oh, kelp !	awaldram	Sep 7, 2010
Re: oh, kelp !	Paul_R_H	Sep 7, 2010
Re: oh, kelp !	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Re: oh, kelp !	awaldram	Sep 7, 2010
Name the names and give us the evidence	labnut	Sep 7, 2010
Re: Name the names and give us the evidence	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Not at all	Dédéjr	Sep 7, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Jonathan Mac	Sep 7, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Stephenhampshire	Sep 7, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Marc Sabatella	Sep 7, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Gazooma	Sep 7, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	ropen	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Marc Sabatella	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Marc Sabatella	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	awaldram	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	awaldram	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	awaldram	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Ashurbanipal	Sep 9, 2010
Thanks	Gazooma	Sep 9, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: DA40 is a true photographer's gem	awaldram	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Looking at the links, it looks like I was off on the DA 40mm by $20-30.	Marc Sabatella	Sep 6, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	godfrog	Sep 4, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	awaldram	Sep 5, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Marc Sabatella	Sep 5, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	godfrog	Sep 5, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Cideway	Sep 6, 2010
Savings tip	Uluru	Sep 5, 2010
Call it your...	13thBagel	Sep 5, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	FrancoisduP	Sep 5, 2010
Wait 4 days and see	gazonk	Sep 5, 2010
Re: Wait 4 days and see	JoepLX3	Sep 6, 2010
Re: Wait 4 days and see	gazonk	Sep 6, 2010
Impossible!	lol101	Sep 7, 2010
Re: Impossible!	Leuf	Sep 7, 2010
Re: Impossible!	gazonk	Sep 7, 2010
Already cheap	Uluru	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Already cheap	lol101	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	lol101	Sep 7, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	tomtom50	Sep 7, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	cheddargav	Sep 7, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	djezraj	Sep 7, 2010
The 40mm focal length	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: The 40mm focal length	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: The 40mm focal length	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: The 40mm focal length	Marc Sabatella	Sep 8, 2010
Re: The 40mm focal length	coleviolin	Sep 8, 2010
Re: The 40mm focal length - What is normal?	tomtom50	Sep 8, 2010
Re: The 40mm focal length - What is normal?	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: The 40mm focal length - What is normal?	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Already dirt cheap	Uluru	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Already dirt cheap	lol101	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Already dirt cheap	moving_comfort	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Already dirt cheap	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Already dirt cheap	Russell Evans	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Already dirt cheap	Gazooma	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Already dirt cheap	Tan68	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Mr_Cynical	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Marc Sabatella	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	Mr_Cynical	Sep 9, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all?	godfrog	Sep 8, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all? FF roadmap forward?	tomtom50	Sep 9, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all? FF roadmap forward?	rezaf_2000	Sep 9, 2010
Re: Any cheap fast AF lenses... at all? FF roadmap forward?	Tan68	Sep 9, 2010
Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL $199	SHood	Sep 9, 2010

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