You will have endless choices offered with each shop or web site you visit. As a beginning, I'd suggest a 28~80 and a set of close-up filters.
Jack --- Pedro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm glad to have stumbled across such an active mailing list... I've > always had a big interest in photography - though I never went > further > than taking snapshots with point and shoot cameras. So, when I > recently > was offered an old Pentax MX for next to nothing, I bought the thing > on > an impulse. Now, I never owned an SRL before, let alone an all manual > > camera, and I'm really enjoying learning to use it. I do, however, > have > a few questions and concerns with which I hope you can help me. > > With digital photography taking over the market, is the MX a complete > > dead end? If anything goes wrong, will it still possible to get > service > and replacement parts in Europe? If I buy extra lenses, will they > have > any market value in the near future? I'm not complaining for the time > > being, since I bought the thing really cheap from a friend, but I'm a > > bit reluctant to put any more money on it if will be of no use in an > year or two. > > Anyway, I am mostly interested in trying street photography and > macro. > Currently I have a basic 50mm lens (f1.7), which is not especially > suited for neither... > > As for macro, I must say I'm somewhat confused. I want to take close > up > pictures of bugs and flowers and that sort of stuff, and I know I > need a > macro lens to be able to focus real close, but what kind of focal > distance do I need? I really have a difficult time picturing the > field > of view at such close distances. > > Regardless of the macro issue, I'll need a wide angle for street > photos. > 28mm, 35mm, wide angle zoom... I'm leaning towards a 28 prime, but > feel > free to convince me otherwise. Budget is limited, so I'll buy second > hand. Can you recommend me any particular model featuring a good > price/quality relation, and not too hard to find? > > Thank you for your time, > pedro > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
