Aperture ring? For what? On Sep 16, 2006, at 9:18 PM, 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. > >> My point was simply that a pancake is not a substitute for fast lens. > > I agree. > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
