Cory Waters <[email protected]>: > > As a purely hypothetical , lets just say you had maybe $2500 to spend free > > and clear of any guilt. Lets also say you were inclined to spend said clams > > on new lenses. We'll say you have a K10, the DA 50-200 & 18-55, a FA 28-105 > > f3.2-4.5, and a FA 50 1.7 (there are some other manual focus lenses but > > we're focusing on newer stuff). Further, lets assume that we're going to buy > > new lenses from an online retailer (probably Amazon) and they need to be > > available for sale now or at least in a couple months. Assume we shoot lots > > of family-type shots (kids, vacations, scenic stuff from camping trips, > > etc), some sports (racing, football), and some more artsy or flower stuff on > > occasion. How would you spend it?
> > I've been thinking: > > 90/100 macro (from whom?) > > 70-200 2.8 (Sigma? A TC to go with it?) > > DA* 16-50 (it's maybe too big for walk around/vacation and I wish it went > > out to 85mm) > > Mmmmm Limited. But 43 or 31? 77? The new 55? Or the 35; it's a very respectable walk around lens and is plausibly the best flower lens going in colour rendering terms. The 55-300 is excellent value; if you do occasional sports, it will cover the long end pretty well and not cost you that much. If you're wishing the 16-50 went to 85, the 77mm limited would seem to be an obvious choice; it's a good kid lens on the evidence of my neeves. (Kids mean you want all the speed you can get, and then some, generally.) I prefer the FA 100 to the DFA 100; the FA has the focus limiter, but you can't buy it new. Using a macro lens as a portrait lens more or less requires the focus limiter. If you to a lot of people shots, I'd certainly be considering the new DA* 55. If you wish the 16-50 went to 85, the 77 is the obvious limited choice. -- Graydon, who figures the real limit is what you're going to carry. -- 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.
