Bob, That's why Pentax makes a DA 14/2.8. Do you want compact or fast? The 15/4 Limited offers compact, the DA 14/2.8 fast.
-Adam On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Godfrey and Adam, > I suppose the problem I have with the new 15 Limited is the f4 max aperture. > I don't know what the image quality is, but you're talking zoom speeds. > Is this really preferable to one of the wide Pentax zooms? How much > preferable? > I've never been satisfied with f4 aperture lenses... > Regards, Bob S. > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: >> But the SMC-M 20/4 also significantly less wide than the new 15mm, >> it's hardly an alternative. And I' take the 21 Limited instead, which >> slightly larger than the 20/4 and almost a stop faster. >> >> -Adam >> >> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> So why not buy an old M-20mm f4 lens. >>> It is more compact than the new 15mm f4. >>> Regards, Bob S. >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Feb 10, 2009, at 20:58, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I tend to use ultrawide lenses stopped down anyway ... I usually used the >>>>> DA14 at f/5-f/8. So if this lens is good at f/4, it will be delightful. >>>>> >>>>> G >>>>> >>>> >>>> .. especially since you don't need to use it on a specifically-Pentax >>>> camera, right? >>>> >>>> I'd love to have this lens. I'll wager it costs almost as much as the >>>> 16-50 >>>> zoom though, which will put it out of the "reasonable" range for me. >>>> >>>> If they could sell it for $250 or less, I'd be RIGHT THERE. I'll wager it >>>> goes for $500-600 easily, though. :-( >>>> >>>> -Charles >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Charles Robinson - [email protected] >>>> Minneapolis, MN >>>> http://charles.robinsontwins.org >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > -- > 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.
