Mike Johnston wrote: > And here's another question for you--how many lenses do you WANT to own?
Hi Mike, OK, I'll take the bait. In answer to the earlier question about how many I own? Well, I've got more than you seem to have, but ~much~ less than some of the PDMLers. If I ever end up with as many as some of the PDMLers, I'm sure my wife will have me committed to the lunatic asylum. ;-) Currently, the inventory is as follows -- six SMC Pentax primes from 28 to 135, including four 50's (one of which I haven't used and almost sold to Albano one time), two zooms in the closet (SMC-F 35-80/4-5.6, SMC-A 70-210/4), and one zoom on the way (SMC-A 35-105/3.5). With my one autofocus and two manual-focus bodies, I can justify two fast 50's -- one autofocus and one manual focus, of course. (A third fast 50 in manual focus is OK for the backup manual body, but I don't really need a fourth 50mm lens.) I think I can get by with just the one 28 and the one 135 that I own. And that autofocus 35-80 zoom, although it doesn't get much use, is handy enough for snapshots that I don't think I'd want to get rid of it. I guess I don't ~need~ the two manual-focus zooms, but I ~want~ them too much to part with them, and they do seem to come in handy in certain situations. Would be nice to have something around 85 (like the well-worn SMC-M 85/2 I saw as "an extra lens included in the kit" that sold on eBay a while back). A fast 300 or 400 would be fun, but I don't know if I'd use it very often, and my 400mm f/5 refracting telescope with T-adapter seems to suffice for that sort of thing when I do need that much reach. I guess I ~really want~ to swap one of the 50's for an 85. So the final answer would be six primes and three zooms -- same number as what I have now. I guess that means I'm at equilibrium? But you and I both know I'm not going to stop there. ;-) Bill Peifer Rochester, NY - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
