Thanks all for your input, I'll have to decide if (F)A 20 is for me, or if I'll wait. In the end, I own a K 18, so I can hardly justify buying another lens with a similar focal length, which his nearly as bulky. The only gain would be on digital, but I think that most pictures in that focal length might be made as well with that one extra button pressing.
And besides, I can use the wide end of the the 18-55 which is to arrive soon. Surely not comparable to a prime at f2.8 (hehe), but not every frame will be printed 8x10. Lust for lens is there of course, but I just had to save a little orphan MZ-S, left with nothing but a battery grip, and for less than half the money the body alone usually costs on eekbay. Moreso, I bought it from a mailorder shop (therefore one year warranty), the same one I got my first MZ-S from, for a ridiculous price, too. Pancho Jens Bladt schrieb: > Nope. I use the old A 2.8/20mm. It's excellent. This one was shot af F: 2.8: > http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/2695269/ > Regards > > Jens Bladt > > Latest photographs: http://flickr.com/photos/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 J. C. > O'Connell > Sendt: 28. februar 2007 03:54 > Til: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Emne: RE: 20mm lenses > > > this assumes of course you will never use the full frame > (much wider capability) of the FA lens....I would never > buy a DA over a FA when the performance is a "toss up". > I would only buy a DA if it was signifigantly better > than the FA on the APS format. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 5:46 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: 20mm lenses > > > I believe Joe Tainter did that some time ago. His conclusion was that > it's almost a toss up on performance ... they both perform very well, > the DA21 is slightly better on some aspects. > > I only had a Pentax FA20 once for a very short evaluation and found > it to be an excellent performer, better than my Canon 20/2.8. I can't > do the same comparison test, but the DA21 has been more than > satisfactory. I would pick the DA21 over the FA20 for its > compactness, light weight, build quality, and support for the > QuickShift focusing feature. It might have a small edge over the FA20 > with regard to imaging specifics having to do with the digital sensor. > > Godfrey > > > On Feb 27, 2007, at 1:42 PM, Pancho Hasselbach wrote: > >> has anybody ever had the opportunity to compare FA-20/2.8 and >> DA-21/3.2 >> side by side? >> Are they better than DA 18-55 on the short end, WRT distortion, >> vignetting, and so on? >> >> Why should I consider a full frame 20, owning a K-18/3.5? Or maybe >> DA-21 >> outperforms the older 20s? > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.4/703 - Release Date: 02/26/2007 > 14:56 > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.4/703 - Release Date: 02/26/2007 > 14:56 > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
