D300 actually. The D3's incredible, but too big, too heavy and too costly. My normal kit seems to be the 20/2.8 AF for almost everything right now, with a 35/2 AI-S and 85/1.8 AI'd for the rest.
-Adam On 3/5/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like you bought a D3 or K20D. Good on ya. I still use ISO 400 > and get the results I need to get. I already have a Summilux-D 25mm f/ > 1.4 ASPH for ultra low light with the Panny and Oly bodies. I do a > lot of available light shooting with the Nikkor 20/3.5 at present > too. If I need a faster lens, I use one. I've been waiting for > something compact and light. f/2.8 and 95g is just fine. > > I don't know what all the bs about "an update from the Pen series" is > supposed to mean. Sorta like saying "huh, couldn't do something more > original, eh?" Nonsense words. Why is it necessary to try and point > to some older lens that it is a development of? Surely, nearly all > modern lens formulae are derivatives of designs listed in Kingslake > that were penned by Zeiss engineers a hundred and more years ago .. > > The optical formula might be similar in some respects, but there > weren't any Pen series lenses with aspheric elements that I recall. > Electrically and mechanically the mount is completely different. > > > G > > > On Mar 5, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > > > I do shoot a lot more really low-light stuff than you do, so the > > aperture combined with the ISO1600 limit on the E-410/420 would be an > > issue for me. Heck, I run out of room shooting f2 lenses at ISO3200 > > (My new limit of 6400 is very nice for low-light work). > > > > I agree that 20mm would be nicer, but apparently this lens is an > > update of the 25/2.8 from the Pen series (much like the DA 40 Limited > > is an update of the M 40 pancake). > > > > > On 3/5/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The lens looks great! I don't consider f/2.8 to be too slow, but I'd > >> prefer a 20mm rather than 25mm. > >> > > >> On Mar 5, 2008, at 7:17 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> > >>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0803/08030501olympuse420.asp > >> > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
