Thank you Shapencolour and Lilia... Belitung island in Indonesia is indeed a beautiful place and it's like a heaven for photographer, especially those like taking beach scenery. It is not a major tourist attraction yet, not like i Bali, so going there you won't find any night life attraction and such, the hotel at best is three star. But the beaches, it's rock, all very pristine and still untouched...
Thanks Ortego. I'm interested that you said this lens is relatively rare in achieving good focus... I found mine was easy to get many tack sharp pictures... I'm using A850, and the auto focus works well with this lens. It's a true gem... hope you can get yourself one soon :-)