On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > On Jan 3, 2010, at 06:32 , Adam Maas wrote: > >> Pentax offers nothing truly comparable to the 58 Nokton, the FA 50/1.4 >> handles worse (particularly for manual focus, the Nokton has a large >> and well damped focus ring) and has significant QC problems with >> recent production and the DA* 55 is about twice the price of the >> Nokton and both are shorter lenses in a range where smaller focal >> length differences remain noticeable. >> >> At the wide end Pentax is lacking any fast glass wider than 31mm. >> While Pentax lenses are excellent, Pentax really has not provided a >> full lens line unless your needs are small but slow primes and/or f2.8 >> zooms. >> >> -Adam > > > > You consider the DA 14mm ƒ2.8 slow? >
Yes, but not terribly so, f2.8 is quite acceptable for a 21mm equivalent, but by is no means fast. Remember, the FF world has lenses faster than f2 in this FoV range (Oly 21/2, Sigma 20/1.8, Leica 21/1.4, even Pentax's prototype 20/1.4). Pentax has exactly two lenses wider than 31mm and faster than f2.8 (28/2, FA* 24/2), and neither are current-production -Adam -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
