On Mar 30, 2008, at 11:09 AM, William Robb wrote: >> Wasn't a fast 30mm servo lens on the latest roadmap? and isn't the >> 31/1.8 Ltd still available? and the 35/2? > > There is a 30mm lens on the roadmap, what speed it turns out to be > is anyone's guess. I'd be > willing to bet it will be ~f/2.4 though, based on recent prime lens > offerings. > For me, this is not really a fast lens. > I have both the 31/1.8 and A and FA 35/2 lenses, neither is as fast > as I would like. > I really like f/1.4ish standard lenses. > I am pretty sure I am in a minority though.
I like fast lenses too ... that's why I bought the Leica 25/1.4 for the L1 ... and why I have the 43/1.9 for the Pentax. Between f/1.4 and f/2 is a stop, nice but not critical in my definition of "fast". That stop costs a lot in size, weight, money etc while usually not providing all that much additional in way of performance. Particularly when we have cameras that can support ISO 800 to 3200 with such quality as we do now. Godfrey -- 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.
