On 8/4/08, Peter McIntosh, discombobulated, unleashed: >My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of >weeks. I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime - >lens for my ist-DL. Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to >take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to >35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I >think that might be a little bit "long". I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide, >but a standard 50 will definitely too "long". > >Soooo... What focal length would you take? And why?
Crickey. *One* lens, and a prime at that. I often just go out of the house with a 28mm on a 1.5 crop body, giving similar angle of view as a 42mm lens on a 36X24 frame. It's a great lens (f1.9 Ultron) and wide open is very sharp, so caters for any situation. If I could get the same sharpness with a wider lens I would probably aim for that. My wife has the *ist Ds and the A20mm on that camera is a killer. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- 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.
