I look forward to it. 28mm is my current favorite prime length. Wide enough for indoors, and a good length for walking around outside. Faster than 2.8 would be nice, but it's not that much of a problem.
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > 28mm lenses are plentiful so there are a lot of choices out there for > the Pentax shooter. On an APS-C camera, as we all know, the 28mm give > the (35mm) equiv. of a 42mm lens, making it a nice > slightly-wider-than-normal lens. Most do not offer the speed and > corresponding low-light capabilities of the "nifty fifties" but they > give you a corresponding equiv. of 75mm on an APS-C camera. The 35mm > f2.0 is probably the concensus favorite for a normal APS-C lens, and I > liked mine but sold it to pay for a whole kit of legendary and cult > classic manual focus glass in a Minolta mount, which was too good a > deal to not take advantage of. I will probably own the F/FA 35mm f2.0 > again, but one cannot deny that a manual focus 28mm is going to cost a > small fraction of that lens. > > I just obtained a Pentax-A 28mm f2.8 and it appears to be a very good > copy. I was, frankly, very impressed with the reviews and images found > here: > http://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/SMC-Pentax-A-28mm-F2.8-Lens.html > > So I now have at least the following three lenses that I plan on comparing: > S-M-C Takumar 28mm f3.5 > Pentax-A 28mm f2.8 > Tamron 28mm f2.5 (PKA Adaptall) > I may also have a "no name" 28mm to throw in to compare. Don't know if > anyone is interested in seeing the results, but I'll post a link when > I have it. > > -- > 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. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
