You snooze, you lose. On Aug 31, 2014, at 6:06 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hah so you got the 30. Bummer. I should have pounced on that too. :) > > That is a special lens for sure. > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Stanley Halpin > <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: >> You are missing the FA20-35 and the newer DA20-40. And the 31 Limited. You >> might need to do some more shopping in order to give us a fair comparison. >> And IIRC there more than a few variations on the 28mm and 35mm lenses… >> >> stan >> >> On Aug 31, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Recently I said that the list of lenses that I still wanted to get is >>> shrinking rapidly. But one that I still wanted was the SMC K 30mm >>> f2.8, a desire that Stan has fulfilled this week by putting one in the >>> mail. I've wanted that lens particularly since seeing this stunning >>> image: >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellinuxero/4547285529/ >>> >>> It is worth noting that this image was shot on film, so has the full >>> 30mm FOV. Still, the cinematic look of the image - the combination of >>> sharpness and buttery bokeh - that is what I love. >>> >>> There are many more delicious images produced with this lens at: >>> http://www.flickriver.com/lenses/pentax/smcpk30mmf28/ >>> >>> I'm looking forward to comparing the lenses that I have in the 28-35mm >>> range because I think I've got waaaay too many and I may need to thin >>> the herd. >>> >>> In the autofocus department I cover that range with: >>> DA 16-45mm f4 (middle of the range) >>> Sigma EX 30mm f1.4 (prime) >>> Pentax F 35-70mm (at its widest, obviously) >>> >>> In the manual focus department I've got: >>> SMC K 28mm f3.5 >>> SMC K 30mm f2.8 (coming from Stan) >>> Flektogon 35mm f2.4 (preset... coincidentally, also from Stan) >>> Tamron 01A 35-85mm f2.8-3.8 macro >>> >>> I'm always threatening to do comparison images and then never really >>> getting around to doing a pseudo-scientific side-by-side comparison. >>> It always seems to come down to gut feelings and how often the lens >>> actually gets put on the camera. >>> >>> I'm getting closer to having my basement darkroom set up and so I may >>> need to keep an eye on which lenses will also work on which film >>> bodies (with no crop factor, obviously). But it appears that I have a >>> silly amount of overlap at the 28-35mm range. >>> >>> -- >>> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >>> look like photographs. >>> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > -- > 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.
