In the old days it was a 28mm, 50mm, and a 135mm three lens set, all primes. you can do a lot with that set and if you can afford another, I would lean towards a 20mm for true wideangle work. A good 20mm isnt going to be cheap though.
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Eric Weir Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 5:01 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: More help for a novice On Sep 24, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > The 50 has a focal length = 75mm if you were using film (good for > faces), and the 28 has a focal length = 42 if you were using film. I > think that 43mm is what is considered to be 1:1 with your eye (that > is, it is not being magnified nor is it wide angle), so a 28 and a 50 > should cover most of your architecture and portrait needs. Thanks, Jeffrey. I guess I'm well set. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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.
