On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The 16-50 doesn't vignette or distort much at 35mm. Good to know. > But it is much larger than any 35mm prime in a DSLR mount except the Canon > 35L Indeed. > I tend to be a prime guy from a theoretical perspective. But I shoot > more with zooms. Love the primes, but the zooms are more flexible and > all three of my current ones are excellent performers. I am a zoom guy myself most of the time for convenience and cost reasons. But I have to see things honestly: in no way I will be able to buy a DA* zoom, it is just flat impossible, alternative from Sigma or Tamron might be possible but 800+ Euros for a lens is impossible for me :( Also, thinking a bit more about that 35macro... In Europe (I know in US the price difference between FA35 and DA35 is big) the price is about the same for an FA35 or the DA35. This an interesting point IMO, even if we dunno if the DA35 covers 35mm 'FF' yet ;) Also, it is a macro lens but a cheap one for a OEM brand: 310-340 euros isn't much and it enables Pentax with a very cheap macro lens. The DFA50 is around 480-500 euros and quite a bit bigger, and nowhere near "normal" lens on digital. It offers direct competition to Sigma 50 macro which is at the same price. > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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.
