When I travel light, I like to carry the 43mm limited. I've can't
imagin using the 40mm instead, but it is quite a bit more expensive
these days. On aps-c shorter focal lengths and I guess that 40 and 50mm
lenses qualify. On 35mm film there seems to be almost no difference,
unless you take the photo from exactly the same spot and do a side by
side comparison, but on aps-c sensors those lenses have a very different
"feel" to them.
I really can't talk too much about Macro, the only Macro lens I have is
the Vivitar S1 90-180mm not a lens to use in tight working spaces.
The 21mm is a kind of funny lens, it's not wide enough for my tastes,
(~e-32), or general general purpose enough, like say a 24mm (~e35mm).
Which is strange, when I was a starving student I carried a MX and for a
wide I used a Vivitar 28mm f2.8, not the best lens in creation, but it
did the job, then later acquired a Pentax [K] 30mm f2.8 which I used
until I bought a K 24mm f2.8 and a M 35mm f2.0 which I used on both MX
and LX cameras, after which the 30mm languished, thought it was a lovely
lens that made nice sharp photos I just didn't find myself using the
focal length much. I use it (e-30mm)a lot more now, but the 20-35mm is
the shortest rectilinear focal lenght lens I currently own.
The 35mm
On 5/21/2014 12:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
OK, if I do acquire a "new to me" K-5II or IIs, I should get a good
fixed focal length lens to go with it. Currently, I use the 18-135
zoom, the 100mm f2.8 macro and the DA 50mm f1.8 with my K-r.
I was looking at the 21mm f3.2 DA AL Limited, the 35mm f2.8 macro
limited and the 40mm f2.8 DA limited. Which have people here found
the most useful and versatile? Which (if any) do you prefer for image
quality?
I am concerned that the 40 might be too close to the 50 I use now. Is
it significantly better in image quality?
I have the 100 macro; will the 35 macro allow me to do things I can't
with the 100? I know the 35 limited is a lot more modern, but I
really have no complaints about the 100 macro, aside from the shaky
hand behind the lens.
Any thoughts and recommendations will be greatly appreciated.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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