Boris I can see what you're trying to do, and I think you've hit on the truth here. What you need is a second lens dedicated to APS-C. I'd get the 20-35mm if I could afford it. The 18-35mm is fine on the MZ-6 but if you decide to get a more capable or robust, film body from Pentax you're going to find the 18-35 without an aperture ring limiting. While the 16-45 is has a great reputation, it duplicates a large portion of the range of the other previously mentioned lenses. (It's also big, especially when you compare it to the FA). Since you're going to have an APS dedicated lens why not go really wide? The DA 12-24 will give you a the same AOV on a digital body as the FA 20-35 gives you on film, on the other hand it too is not a diminutive lens. I've been leaning lately towards he 10-17mm fisheye. It's relatively small, (not a lot bigger than the FA 20-35, certainly more compact than the other two DA lenses mentioned, and it's a real fisheye, ( with little or no fisheye effect in the 16-17mm range, giving you wide end of the 16-45. I got to handle one on a K10D lately, (we have a local shop, well within a reasonable drive distance anyway, that actually carries more than the basics in Pentax), and it's very nice.
Boris Liberman wrote: > Which basically means that for the really wide angle I cannot get away > with just one lens (16-45/4). I may have to have both this one and some > other lens, such as 20-35/4 or my FAJ 18-35... > > Thanks. > > Boris > > William Robb wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Boris Liberman" >> Subject: Q re DA 16-45/4 on Film >> >> >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> Ladies and Gentlemen, has any of you actually tried the DA 16-45/4 on >>> film? I'd like to know what is the shortest focal length that can be >>> used on film (full frame) wide open with corners of the frame that are >>> printably sharp. >>> >>> >> It covers the full fram at about 20mm, but I expect the corners wont get >> sharp (if at all) until closer to 24mm. >> >> William Robb >> >> >> > > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
