Why do you need a couple of lenses? What have you tried to photograph that the lens you have didn't work for? How often have you run into that problem?
Go out and shoot pictures. Read a couple of books. We on this list can help you decide which lens is best for your purpose, but we can not decide what your purpose is for you. You have to find that out for yourself. You need some experience to do that. And, realize that millions of great pictures have been made with cameras like the old Rolleiflex that had only the built in lens available. --graywolf ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandmann, Silke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:11 AM Subject: AW: so many questions I read that already. And I agree with you. But to start I need at least a certain amount of lenses, don't I? At least 2? One for the close and one for the distance. And exactly that is what I am trying to find out. But I certainly don't want to spend money just to get an equipment I am not able to use (yet). > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Tom Rittenhouse [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet am: Montag, 29. Oktober 2001 16:34 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: so many questions > > The strange thing about selecting lenses is that it tends to sort itself > out > with experience. After awhile you find that for many of your shots you > can't > seem to get close enought so you get a longer lens. Or you don't have room > to back up far enough so you get a wide angle. Or you find yourself > shooting > a lot of small things close up so you get a macro. > > There is a point to the proceeding paragraph. The point is you have to > know > what you want to do before you can decide what you need to do it with. You > find that out by shooting photos of everything in sight until you find > yourself specializing in a few things. Then it is time to add to your > equipment list. Until then it is best to invest in film and processing. > Don't even think of adding to your outfit until you have shot 20-40 rolls > of > film. By then, what your needs will be pretty obvious. > > Of course, if your interest is spending money and bragging about your > outfit > ignor the forgoing and just buy as many of the most expensive accessories > as > you can find. But if that is your purpose you will get better results with > a > new Hasselblad than a 25 year old Pentax. > --graywolf > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sandmann, Silke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 7:43 AM > Subject: so many questions > > > > Hiya there, > > > > let me expose it the following way. I am complete unexperienced > regarding > > Pentax but I am willing to learn as much a possible. > > For a certain time someone has lent me the K 2. Wonderful camera. > > I have got a relationship with it already and the first pictures came > out > > great, too > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
