You can rent various Pentax wide angle lenses for two weeks for well under $50 at borrowlenses.com. Cost varies by lens and length of rental period.
<http://www.borrowlenses.com/category/penax_wide_angle> I'm not sure how long you'll be gone, but this seems like a good way to use a high quality lens for not much money. gs George Sinos -------------------- gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Peter Loveday <pe...@loveday.org> wrote: > Are there any friendly local PDML'ers you could hit up for a loan of a lens > for the trip? > > I'd offer, but i think going via Australia is probably a bit more of a > detour than you'd want to take... > > - Peter > > > -----Original Message----- From: Walt Gilbert > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:26 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . . > > . . . and give me your thoughts. > > Say you're going to be leaving for the Black Hills of South Dakota in a > little over a month and have an extremely limited budget. I'm quite > literally saving up the quarters from my tips (along with everything > else that I can) to finance it. But, you want to make sure that you get > some images worthy of the trip. > > I'll be taking all of my camera bodies with me -- K-x, K20D, K100D Super > -- and plan to use my Promaster 70-300 as a zoom, at least one of my > 50mm primes, and I'd like to have something wider for landscapes. I have > a Takumar 28/2.8, but it's really a pretty crappy lens compared to the > others. > > What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the > lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is the > focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing as far as > I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very common and > highly regarded. > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! > > -- Walt > > -- > 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. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5210 - Release Date: 08/19/12 > > -- > 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.
