Godfrey, For god's sake read the quoted text man! Charles said (below) "I'd love to have this lens. I'll wager it costs almost as much as the 16-50 zoom though, which will put it out of the "reasonable" range for me.
If they could sell it for $250 or less, I'd be RIGHT THERE. I'll wager it goes for $500-600 easily, though. :-(" So I offered the M20/4 as a compact version which might be available for $250 or less. I know what a 15mm field of view is although I rarely use it. (so big and heavy) Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@mac.com> wrote: > ?? To whom are you directing this question? Besides which, a 15mm lens has a > very different FoV compared to a 20mm lens. > > G > > On Feb 10, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> So why not buy an old M-20mm f4 lens. >> It is more compact than the new 15mm f4. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Feb 10, 2009, at 20:58, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>>> >>>> I tend to use ultrawide lenses stopped down anyway ... I usually used >>>> the >>>> DA14 at f/5-f/8. So if this lens is good at f/4, it will be delightful. >>>> >>>> G >>>> >>> >>> .. especially since you don't need to use it on a specifically-Pentax >>> camera, right? >>> >>> I'd love to have this lens. I'll wager it costs almost as much as the >>> 16-50 >>> zoom though, which will put it out of the "reasonable" range for me. >>> >>> If they could sell it for $250 or less, I'd be RIGHT THERE. I'll wager >>> it >>> goes for $500-600 easily, though. :-( >>> > > -- > 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.