Bill, I had the same kind of dilema with the DA 21/3.2 Limited. It's a great lens that I got to use for a couple of days (thanks Boris!), but I've got an A20/2.8 which is quite close in size and requires no new $$$. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:21 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sullivan" > Subject: Re: Photo of K-m w/ 15mm f4 on it... > > >> 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... > > I'm not a big fan of them, but at the same time I got used to it when > shooting medium format. I have both the A15/3.5 and the DA14/2.8. Both are > pigs, the 14 is not smaller than the old 15mm by any significant amount, > though the 14 is much lighter. > None of the Limited lenses are real speed demons, and the DA Limiteds are > all pretty much close to (fast) zoom speeds anyway. > The trend at Pentax with the Limited lenses seems to be towards compact and > easy to carry high image quality lenses, and for this, a fat maximum > aperture, especially on short focal lengths seems to be a problem. > I expect if they were going to make the 15mm Limited faster, they would have > ended up with a metal bodied DA14/2.8, which is not compact and easy to > carry, so they make an F4 maximum aperture,and get the size (and possible > the cost) of the lens down to something more manageable. > I don't really think it's going to matter much if it's a better lens than > the 16-50 (though from the complaints that continue to pour in about that > fiasco of a lens it can hardly be worse), it is going to appeal to people > who want smaller prime lenses rather than fat zooms. > I'm quite confident once the 15 has been out for a while, and presuming it > gets a favourable response from the users, that I'll sell my DA14 in favour > of the 15. I can live with the f4 maximum aperture to get the compactness of > the Limited lens. > > > -- > 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.
