I use the 20-35 quite a bit with DS. I always like the results. The big hole in my lens collection is going from the 50s to the 100 or135. I know Pentax now has this wonderful compact 70 that I would really like but I'm trying to aim at the K10D first. I do have an old Sigma 24-70 zoom which is OK for the DS. I'm not sure I would really merit the new 70 until I had the K10D anyway.
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/15/07 11:30 PM >>> On Jun 15, 2007, at 7:27 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> I use primarily prime lenses with the Pentax K 10D. > > Interesting. For my first thirty years of photography I never used a > zoom. Not once. Zilch. Their performance didn't warrant it. But now I > find that the new zooms are easily the equal of the primes at middle > stops. And it seems that the camera companies are devoting a lot of > resources to the development of better zooms. All of which is paying > off. So I'm using zooms, and enjoying the freedom of being able to > dial in my focal length as required. I'm not entirely sure why either, but perhaps it's because as far as I can see, my current set of primes (14/21/28/43/70) makes me happier than any of the zooms I've tried in this focal length range. The only zoom I've really liked in the Pentax line has been the 20-35, and since I got the 21/28/43 trio I find I just don't use it very much at all. I bought the 50-200 for a bit of reach and haven't taken more than 40 test photos with it. It's in direct contrast to how much I enjoy using the Oly 11-22 and Leica 14-50 zooms on the L1... I have 20 and 35 mm prime lenses for that system too, but I find myself enjoying using the zooms much more there. They are top notch performers and are returning superb image quality. Perhaps this will all turn about when the DA* zooms finally come available. Such it is... ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net !SIG:46735ac837174344255339! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
