thanks, that is good to know. size does matters, once had an ME with 1.7/50 that was easy to carry essentially everywhere, that was nice.
when I got the two FA* size was not my main concern, and once I had these I esentially used what I had (they covered my fov needs), I learned to live with the bulk and never looked further - apart from the 50/1.4 for low light and the fisheye which I both stumbled upon as occasion. now, with the move to digital I am looking further... Axel. > I can't say I've got a lot of experience with either, but the 10-17 is > very nice and is a relatively small lens. The 12-24 is huge by > comparison. Still except for your M 28mm none of your lenses, (owned or > otherwise), appears to be particularly compact, so that might not be > particularly important to you. > > Axel Belinfante wrote: > > my fisheye-like zenitar k2.8/16 no longer is very wide on the k10d, > > so I'm considering something wider. > > after the zenitar my current widest is 28mm (FA* 28-70/2.8, M-28/2.8), > > but I'm pretty sure I'll fall for the 16-50 DA* (and the 50-135) > > when I see one available nearby (hopefully soon :-). > > > > for the wider angle I'm considering DA 10-17 and the DA 12-24, > > and I'm trying to appreciate the difference between them, > > in particular for the fov that they share. any opinions? > > there wouldn't be any sample shots out there that compare them? > > (I cannot image there are none, but I tried to find without succes) > > > > not so long ago william rob (happy birthday!) wrote: > > >> I ended up doing the same thing. I bought the 14, found it wasn't > >> wide enough, so I bought the 10-17. While I found it to be wide enough, > >> I never really got the hang of defishing, so I bought the 12-24 > >> for those times when the 14 wasn't wide enough, but i didn't need > >> the fov of the 10mm. > >> > > > > reading the above makes me feel I should get both and compare... :-) > > > > I'm also hoping either would fit in a usable (travel) kit > > (to return to that thread of a while ago; I'll be visiting nyc > > for a couple of days in early december so I should be enabled > > as it seems you say here :-) > > > > I'm thinking of > > 10-17 or 12-24, DA* 16-50/2.8, DA* 50-135/2.8, 50/1.4 > > a 2x converter if it works with the DA* 50-135 I don't own yet. > > I'm not sure about carry-ing the FA* 80-200/2.8 around. > > > > anyway, so much for LBA ideas, have to see what happens, > > Axel. -- 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.
