Yes indeed. I'm all for moral turpitude myself. Even if she who must be obeyed would allow me to purchase them, I'm darned if I'm going to carry 80, 125, 200, 300, 400 & 600 mm lenses around with me. Just the 80-200 and 250-600 combo is more than heavy enough.
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 10:40:15PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > The use of zooms reeks of moral turpitude. > > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Bruce Dayton > > Sent: 08 April 2008 21:28 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: One lens only... > > > > Makes you wonder if the Lens Police are going to enforce the one > lens > > only rule here. I don't know how many times we have had a similar > > question - I can't answer it because I can't come up with a > situation > > where the lens police won't let me have another lens or two or at > > least a zoom to cover the range. :) > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Bruce > > > > > > Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 11:59:32 AM, you wrote: > > > > BW> I wouldn't like to be limited to one lens, but if I had to I > would > > BW> take a high quality zoom in the approximate range of > > 24-105mm in the > > BW> 35mm format. If I was restricted to a prime lens for some > > reason it > > BW> would be a 35mm, probably, or a 50mm. > > > > BW> Bob > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > >> Behalf Of Peter McIntosh > > >> Sent: 08 April 2008 12:58 > > >> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > > >> Subject: One lens only... > > >> > > >> Hi guys, > > >> > > >> 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? > > >> > > >> Ciao, > > >> > > >> Peter in western Sydney > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> 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. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
