> On Aug 7, 2013, at 9:58 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Picking a single prime lens camera is, I find, a useful exercise in >> lack of distractions. I prefer it to the zooms.
One day of my Alaska cruise, I spent two hours walking around Victoria with the FA 100mm/2.8 WR macro. I enjoyed it, but it required a very different frame of mind -- accepting the shots I could take with it rather than seeing something and trying to make it work with good framing. Overall I definitely prefer zooms. (And it really only worked for me because I went out primarily with the intention of hunting flowers. I absolutely would have been frustrated with going a whole trip prime.) On Thu, Aug 08, 2013, Eric Weir wrote: > > Well, when I got up this morning I was of a completely different > frame of mind from last night. ;-) > I've checked out all the more recent suggestions. The Leica, and even > the Sony, are not in my budget. The Nikon's in the ballpark, but I > think the quote from Godfrey above tipped me over into the current > mindset: the *ist DS with a single prime. I have an an A 50/1.7 and an > A 28/2.8. It will be a trade-off between the speed of the 50 and the > wider angle of the 28. And John Sessom's suggestion, I think I'll look > to Op-Tech for my solution for carrying the camera, in part because it > will be inexpensive, in part because it comes reasonably close what I > think I need/want. You could easily do sort-of both; IIRC you have someone to cart your full baggage around, so bring both lenses and choose one each day (possibly even just swapping off strictly). -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- 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.
