----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Studdert"
Subject: Re: Life is beautiful :-)
Sadly, my A24/2.8 sits mostly unused these days. While it is a focal
length I
adore on 35mm, it doesn't work well for me on the istD. Too bad, it is a
wonderful quality lens on the digital. I have the same problem with my
A20/2.8.
I love it on full fram, but i just don't seem to like semi wide angle
lenses all
that much. I don't like the 28mm or 35mm focal lengths on 35mm film all
that
much either, and can only recall a few times when either of those lenses
was the
right lens. Sad, one of the first lenses I bought when I went Pentax was
an
A35/2. It is a sweet lens, and I never really used it until i got the
istD, and
I found I liked the FL enough to buy an FA35/2 (for autofocus), and also
a 31.
So once again, the A35/2 sits forlorn and lamenting it's wasted
existence.
Interesting, my 31LTD was my most favoured lens pre-DSLR, now it hardly
sees
any use, same as my A20/2.8. Apart from the fact that the 20 isn't quite
up to
the standards of the other lenses I tend to either shoot my A16/2.8 or my
A24/2.8 on the wide side, nothing between. My A15/3.5 hardly gets used
these
days.
I use my 15/3.5 quite a bit, and then I seem to jump to the 31.
I may end up with one of the 14mm lenses at some point, probably will if my
next DSLR is an APS-C sensor, as it will likely be the last DSLR I buy for a
very long time.
I still have a predjudice about zoom lenses, so the 12-24 range, while
interesting, doesn't interest me all that much as a lens, but I would like
to see a good lens in the 9-12mm FL range.
I don't know how possible this is, given the extreme retrofocal design this
would entail.
I'm glad I have the A/20 and A/24 available, if it's the right focal length
for the job, it gets used, I just don't seem to find that AOV to be the
right one most of the time.
I't's too bad, I quite like the A/20 2.8 quality wise, though like you, I do
find it's not quite as good as I would have hoped on digital, and the 24 is
superb, whether on film or digital.
William Robb
