My favorite AOV is 60-90 degrees. That's a 24 mm on the *ist D. http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/photos/angles.html I guess the FA 2.0/24mm has become my most used lens. Before I got it, my 28-70mm was siting on my camera body while it's in the bag. Now I often find the 24mm just there.
Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Scott Loveless Sendt: 26. december 2006 17:23 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Favorite AOV - was Christmas enablement 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.27/602 - Release Date: 12/25/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.27/602 - Release Date: 12/25/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
