My A20/2.8 is one of my favorite lenses. I use it all the time and have
never found it hard to shoot with. I'm hoping to get the K 15mm some day.
I also have a cheap Sigma 18-35mm zoom that's a ton of fun to use. I take
it out when I'm hiking or shooting trail/cross-country races and any time
I expect my gear to get rough treatment and I don't want to risk the A20/2.8.
Its optical quality is nowhere near the Pentax glass but it's very versatile
and a ton of fun to use. I got some great shots with it at the Boston Marathon
this year (http://www.robertstech.com/run/graphics/runpic33.htm) and at
a trail race called the Muddy Sneaker 20k
(http://www.robertstech.com/run/graphics/runpic34.htm).
-- Original Message --
>Mike J asked:
>> As an aside, why do people like 20mm lenses so much? Almost no photographer
>> I know of uses them well (I can think of only one photographer of the
>> hundreds if not thousands I know who works a lot with a 21mm lens and
does
>> good work with it). They're unnatural and hard to shoot with and difficult
>> to see well with. What the heck is the big deal? I've shot with 20s but
>I've
>> never felt the slightest hankering to own one.
>> Just wondering.
>
>Easy. Cut your costs in half. What would normally require two separate
shots
>of a 28-50mm, will now be captured by only one shot. :) (Mostly kidding
on
>that one.)
>Seriously, when I got my Cosina/Soligor 19-35mm zoom the other year, it
quickly
>became my preferred lens.
>I often shoot in crowded situations, be it crowded places with a lot of
people,
>or city architecture where no other lens will do.
>Yes, it is often difficult to use with good results. But there's got to
be
>a challenge to shooting too :).
>Unnatural? What has "natural" got to do with anything? :)
>And also, I kind of enjoy the distorted perspectives you can get with it.
>(And of course Photoshop comes handy for correcting some of the distortions,
>if needed.)
>
>Lasse
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