On Sep 26, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Steve Desjardins wrote: > BTW . . . A data point to follow up the speculation. > > We had this discussion about travel kits before I went to London. In > reality, I used the FA 20-35 (virtually) exclusively. I guess I > really > need to get the DA 16-45 and solve all my travel choices. I used > to be > such a fan of short telephotos but I guess I've done more travel > photography lately and the wide to normal zooms seem to always work.
I had the DA16-45 but replaced it with the FA20-35. I prefer the latter's size, weight, contrast and rendering qualities, and the shorter zoom range was never an issue for me. However, once I bought the DA21 I pretty much abandoned the 20-35 and ended up selling it. My kit has come down to the DA14, DA21, FA43 and DA70 ... this suits me perfectly, whether for travel or anything else. I've got the DA* lenses available to me at present ... Soon as I get a chance to do some shooting with them, I'll report what I think of them. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
