Re: Fast, Wide, and Small

[Joe Wilensky]

A colleague of mine was a photojournalist in the '70s and '80s and 
used Olympus OM's. When the 21mm f/2 Zuiko came out around 1980, it 
became one of her favorite lenses for work. But that doesn't help, as 
Pentax doesn't have anything similar.

I have Vivitar's 28mm f/1.9 in screwmount and K-mount, and while it 
is compact, quite light and fairly small (58mm filter), it's not very 
wide. But it's a very nice performer.

Joe


Hi Gang ...
I just snagged a project that requires the use if a fast wide lens.  I've
an 18/3,5 but something faster would be more better.  The A20/2.8 has
always been of interest, and I can borrow one of those if that's what it
comes down to, but is there something faster for the Pentax that may even
be a bit wider than 20mm (a 15/1.4 would be VERY cool, especially if it
took a 52,mm filter <LOL>).  So, what's out there, especially in a manual
focus lens, or one that affords a good manual focus feel.
Did I read here about a Sigma 18/1.8?  I have such an aversion to Sigmas,
Tokinas and Tamrons, but a lot of people here seem to use 'em, so maybe
it's time to at least check one out.
Shel