Mark Roberts wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: > > >>Mark Roberts wrote: >> >>>P. J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> >>>>It's a DA limited, at 21mm its more like a 28mm on 35mm film. Not that >>>>great for panoramas. Still it looks like nice wide angle lens, too bad >>>>it doesn't have an aperture ring. >>> >>> >>>The lack of an aperture ring doesn't bother me as much as the lack of >>>speed. f/3.2 is just too slow for me to get very excited about. >>>Certainly not excited enough to pay "Limited" prices. >> >>I've been thinking about that, and while I certainly would prefer a >>faster lens, 1/3 of a stop or so isn't all that much > > > My other Limiteds (43, 31, 77) are all f/1.9 or faster. That's a lot > more than a third of a stop! F/2.0 and under is Limited territory for > me. I'd *consider* the upcoming 70/2.4 if it were under $500 (and if > I didn't already have the 77!) >
But it's just 1/3 of a stop from the most similar lens, the FA 20mm f2.8. And in a far smaller package. It's also only 1/3 of a stop slower than the only other DA Limited pancake, the 40mm f2.8. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
