On 12/26/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: Christmas enablement? > > > > > The angle of view is one of my favorites. That's why I finally broke > > down and bought it (I've never bought a prime slower than f/2.8 except > > for my 15mm). I often used a 28mm as a walkaround standard lens on my > > MX. > > I can count on one hand the number of times I've used a lens in the 28-35mm > range on 35mm, or my 75mm on the 6x7. > I used my 28/3.5 almost exclusively for about a year. But I got better. It's almost never mounted anymore. In the rare case that I feel like I need something wider than a 50 I use a 35.
Over the last year or so I've noticed that when using a 28-80 or 28-90 zoom, after zooming, focusing, metering, etc., the lens almost always ends up set very close to 50mm. During the recent DCPDML excursion I made a conscious effort to not use the 50. It felt awkward and unnatural. I did mount the 50/1.7 at sunset. My current enablement musings have me considering a faster 50, a 43 LTD, or even dumping a significant amount of my Pentax hardware and buying a Leica with one of those nifty collapsible lenses. What lenses do you find yourself using most often? Why? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
