- I've been on many a photo expedition with nothing but a normal lens and gotten great results. On the Pentax DSLRs that would be 35mm, so 40mm is in the ballpark.
- However, it's a trade off between that and the 21mm. So my choice would be to take the 21mm and the 40mm or 43mm. Both lenses are so small that they are not a problem to carry anywhere in a tiny bag. - If I were only taking just one lens, I'd probably want a 28mm. - On my last trip to the IoM in 2006, the 21mm took more than 50% of the photos out of the 21-35-77 trio. On my Dec 2007 trip to NY, the 43mm tool more than 50% of the photos out of the 21-43-70 trio. But any of the above would do fine: 21, 28, 35, 40 or 43 mm ... I'd just adapt my shooting to fit what I had with me. Godfrey On Apr 8, 2008, at 4:57 AM, Peter McIntosh wrote: > My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a > couple of > weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - > prime - > lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal > length to > take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its > similarity to > 35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, > but I > think that might be a little bit "long". I reckon 21mm might be a > bit wide, > but a standard 50 will definitely too "long". > > Soooo... What focal length would you take? And why? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
