Thanks for your comments, PJ. You have been helpful.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 1:05 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > > -- > A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the > crazy, crazier. > > - H.L.Mencken > > > -- > 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.
