Charles, I think the 16-50mm f2.8 is wide enough, but not to wide at 50mm so you are fine there. Folks like the quality of that lens (don't have one), but I'd forget the A28mm f2.8. The width is probably just fine, but I've never been happy with the M28/2.8 and I am suspicious of my A28/2.8 having similar sharpness issues. If you can borrow a K20D do so, you'll enjoy the extra resolution. Shoot some frames on the K10 and K20 and do some comparisons for us. The extra 4 meg are worth the price - think Kodachrome. Just my 2 cents... Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Charles Robinson<[email protected]> wrote: > For the past 19 years, I've attended a festival (Twins Days) in Twinsburg, > Ohio every fall. > > Every Saturday at 3:00 there is a "group photo" taken from the top of a > cherry-picker. Looks like this: > > http://john.robinsontwins.org/twinsdays/group_shots/content/2008_large.html > > This image has been taken with a Nikon D200 for the past couple of years. > Looks OK I guess (this is a scan of a print I'm pointing to now). > > Well, their "regular" photographer has gone out of business and isn't > available to do the shot. I told the committee "I've got some decent gear, > I'd be happy to do this for you". > > I'm figuring the K10D will be good enough in terms of resolution. This > photo has typically only been available in 8x10. > > A couple of questions: > > From your point of view, does this look like the 16-50 will be wide enough? > Too wide? Does it look like the kind of shot that might benefit from me > borrowing a friend's K20 for the weekend? > > I also have an A-28mm if there is a benefit to shooting with that - if it > looks like the FOV would be wide enough. I guess I'll bring both. > Suggestions, ideas all appreciated. > > -Charles > > PS: My twin will be in the basket with me - with his Canon XTi and Tokina > 17-50 ... so there's my backup. > > -- > Charles Robinson - [email protected] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > 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.
