Thanks Paul and Alex for the compliments. :-) Having owned and used all of them now except for the DA40, all the Limiteds are exceptional performers.
I have no interest in 35mm film any more, other than sentimental desire to use my Rollei 35S once in a blue moon (coming up...). The DA21 and DA70 are a better fit to the K10D than the FA31 and FA77 were. I still prefer the FA43 over the DA40, I think it presents nicer rendering qualities. An interest in high quality lenses generally means that either you have developed enough critical ability to discern quality that they are warranted or that you want them as a status symbol. Wanting only the highly vaunted, much adulated by peers older Limiteds is a sign that the status symbol qualification may be intruding on your objectivity. It doesn't guarantee this is true, but it's something to think about. On the other hand, far be it from me to discourage a little "lens buying addiction". There are worse addictions in the world. G On May 22, 2007, at 6:56 AM, AlexG wrote: > I figure I'd grab the lenses the reputation was established by. And > who knows, one of these days I may want to shoot film.... > > I saw Godfreys pics and they're really nice. > > I need to figure out whether I can use that focal length or whether i > can justify the purchases. Sigh. This is what enablement is? > >> The new generation limited lenses aren't crappy. For example, >> Godders demonstrated how the new 70 is easily the equal of the old >> 77. >> >>> So I've been eyeballing the limited lenses.... The real, fast >>> ones not >>> the slow crappy new generation ones. >>> >>> It occurs to me that there is something seriously wrong because a >>> month ago I would never even consider any of them, but it seems that >>> now i have no qualms about spending the equivalent of a brand new >>> k10d >>> on a single god damned lens. >>> >>> And this is not even for any realistic gain in lens performance or >>> image quality. A month ago, I went with the k100d instead of the >>> k10d >>> because the extras in the k10d were not, to me, worth the extra 400 >>> bucks. And they still aren't but I'm mentally prepared to pull the >>> trigger on ultrapremium glass. >>> >>> What the hell is wrong with me? >>> >>> Am I trying to fill a very distinct void in my life with nice toys >>> instead of dealing with the deeper issues? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
