Hello, I recently have been looking for a new 35mm system. I need fast lenses for shooting mostly wide aperture and almost exclusively hand held with Kodachrome 64 and 200, while traveling. So I need lenses that are relatively sharp wide open. My first choice would be 35mm f2 Summicron and 90mm f2.8 Tele-Elmarit, but I can not afford even used Leica gear.
In the past I had a Pentax Spotmatic SP and I really enjoyed it. Now I have been looking at Pentax gear because I think it is very undervalued and the lenses have great coatings. But I am finding that while most lenses are inexpensive, the ones that would best serve my needs cost as much or more than the competition. So while we can all agree that Pentax makes great stuff, can anyone tell me if my money will truly be spent best on Pentax or should I keep looking? In Pentax I would like: Two MX bodies, M 28mm f2, A 50mm f1.4, and K 85mm f1.8. I can not even find the 28mm f2 except for at B&H used for $375. The 85mm is pretty hard to find to and I think at least that much money. Now from Nikon, while I prefer the MX, there is the FM2, the 35mm f1.4, 85mm f2, and even a 24mm f2. These are all readily available on the used market, and the prices are not driven up so much by collectors, which I believe is the case with the Pentax lenses. Can anyone comment directly on the comparative performance of these lenses, or offer any advice? Thanks in advance, Marcus Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
