Not me. I like primes period. Trouble is, with a 1.5X crop factor, all of the older primes we already own are longer now than we'd like (even if there are some advantages to turning a 400mm in a 600mm, and so on).
So, I can either sell the great primes I own, or invest in the DA Pentax primes. But, I won't sell the primes I have since I still plan on shooting with my film cameras and Pentax's DA prime line up is limited (no pun intended). That's why the current zooms, like the 10-17mm fisheye and the 16-45mm, seem so attractive. No crop, and they're on the wide end. -Brendan --- Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I begin to wonder a bit: > with the transition to digital most of you seem to > like Zooms now where in > the analog world most of you used primes for best > results. > What happened here? > > just wondering > Markus, who still uses film for a few weeks :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Paul Stenquist > Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 2:22 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: 16-50 f2.8 > > > Yes, the 12-24 is clearly an amazing lens, probably > the best DA thus > far. It will be a good companion to the 16-50. > Paul > On Dec 2, 2006, at 4:36 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > > > 12-24 to cover wide, use your 21-35 for normal. > > > > -Adam > > > > > > John Francis wrote: > >> I was almost convinced I wanted the 16-45 until > the announcement > >> of the 16-50/f2.8. I never got round to buying > the previous > >> (film-camera) short zoom to go with my 80-200, > but this time I'm > >> probably going to get both of them. > >> > >> My problem is what to do until the 16-50 is > available, especially > >> since I might want something wide before then for > a couple of events. > >> I've got an old Vivitar manual focus zoom, but > that's only a 21-35. > >> I'm considering picking up the fisheye 10-17 > (especially with the > >> rebates extended until Jan 9th.), but that leaves > me with a bit of > >> a gap in the mid-wide-angle range. I suppose I > could buy the 18-55 > >> kit lens with a K10D, but I'm not sure how much > I'd use it once the > >> 16-50 comes along. The size isn't likely to > matter much on a K10D, > >> especially with the grip, but I suppose I could > hang on to it as a > >> walkaround lens to keep on the *ist-D. > >> > >> Decisions, decisions ... What would you do? > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 07:48:57AM -0800, Michael > Chan wrote: > >>> I have been restraining myself from buying the > 16-45 for months now, > >>> anticipating the weather-sealed lenses. I had > not heard about a > >>> 16-50 2.8, which would likely be out of my > budget range anyway, and > >>> with the rebate it's getting really difficult > for me to control my > >>> LBA shakes. Is the 16-45 that far head and > shoulder above the kit > >>> lens? I've been pretty impressed with the kit, > but it definitely > >>> has > >>> its shortcomings. > >>> > >>> On Dec 2, 2006, at 7:20 AM, David J Brooks > wrote: > >>> > >>>> Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 08:11:40PM -0500, > David J Brooks wrote: > >>>>>> Anyone heard if its happining. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I would love to get this lens and the K10d > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Dave > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Equine Photography in York Region > >>>>> > >>>>> The new lenses aren't due until March of next > year. > >>>>> Realistically this probably means I won't be > able to get my > >>>>> hands on one before my Las Vegas trip in early > April :-( > >>>> We are heading there in late April for our 25th > wedding > >>>> anniversary, > >>>> so maybe i'll be able to get one by then. > >>>> > >>>> Dave > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Equine Photography in York Region > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
