Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 17/09/06, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>IMO there is nothing wrong with the pancakes. In fact I'm debating myself >>buying the 21mm. With the tiny 21mm I can have the camera in my pocket and >>flip it up and shoot from the hip. Don't know if I'll ever do it, but the >>idea is tempting. I imagine myself walking around slick pony tail, dark >>shades and a leather coat. > > > Pony tail aside I think that they are entirely overrated. They are > small (not always an advantage particularly if your preference is > manual focus) and slow, the current ones have no aperture ring and > don't cover a full frame yet the 70mm will cost almost the same as the > faster 77 which is hardly huge. The 21mm looks like a reasonable > performer but really for the price and considering the slow speed and > limited coverage design I would have expected it to be a far better > performer than the now almost 20 year old A20/2.8 but it doesn't > appear to be significantly better if at all but for flare resistance > perhaps. >
Given it's 1/3 of a stop slower, but less expensive than the FA 20/2.8 (About 2/3rds the cost) and a third the size, I really can't see the complaints about the 21 DA. The 70 is quite reasonable too, giving me a replacement for one of my favourite lenses (My 100 f2.8 Series E). The 40 on the other hand is neither fish nor fowl on digital. A fairly useless length and lacking the speed that might make the length less of an issue. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
