Nice collection Christine! I particularly like the last shot, of Darrel. And I agree with you about the 21mm. I have been surprised by how much I have used mine. In my film days I seldom used my 30mm or 31mm (approximately the same FOV), but the 21mm has been one that is always carried and frequently used. I also have the 14/2.8 and the 15/4.0 lenses. The bulk of the 14mm is offputting for me, but the 15mm is another winner in a class with the 21mm. The 14mm is in my small stack of items I have decided to sell one of these days when I get around to it...
stan On Jan 2, 2010, at 12:00 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi Sandy: Like Godfrey, I'd like to recommend the Pentax DA 21mm. I did a > quick check in Lightroom, and since last March, I have shot over 1000 frames > with the 21mm; that surprised me; I didn't think I'd shot that many. I went > with the 21mm prime because I really wanted to go light in terms of weight > for the wide end and have a lens that wouldn't call attention to itself. I > am a huge fan of the DA* 50-135mm--a superb lens--and I'm sure the DA* > 16-50mm f 2.8 is equally superb, but in considering a wide lens for weight, > street work, and family snaps, (anything really--Ted has shot some beautiful > landscapes with the 21mm) you just can't go wrong with 21mm. Despite its > 3.2 f-stop, it also performs well in challenging light situations. I've put > together a gallery of 12 pics shot in different light situations. I didn't > use any flash for any of these pics. The meta data is at the top, and a very > brief description of the lighting situation is at the bottom. > > All of these pics have had some tweaking in post-processing, but nothing > extensive--I might have lightened up darks or shadows a twinge or bumped up > the lights or increased exposure by +19 or 29---very quick tweaking done in a > matter of seconds. If I could only take two lenses while traveling, I would > take DA 21mm & the DA* 50-135mm----and, well, I'd probably have to sneak the > FA 50 mm f1.4 in my brazier--that's great lens too in my view--I'm kind of > partial to that lens as well :-). > > Anyway, here's the link: http://www.caguila.com/caguila/21mm/index.html > HTH. > > Cheers, Christine > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Harris" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 9:49 PM > Subject: Wide angle for K-X? > > >> I'm on a limited budget, looking for fairly lightweight travel >> combination. I have a fairly strong bias toward primes, though just >> getting the 16-50 as a single lens does tempt me some. >> >> My last good camera (stolen some time back & not yet replaced) was an >> MX and on it, I used the 85/1.4 for at least 75% of shots and a 28 for >> most others. I had the 40 mm pancake and a teleconverter, didn't use >> either much. So this one will be a K-X with the 58/1.4 Voigtlander. >> Comments on that choice appreciated too. >> >> What I really want to know, though, is what can folks suggest as a >> wide angle to go with that? Zeiss is beyond my budget and a 12-24 or >> 10-20 zoom too heavy. I need a good prime, around 24 mm, at a moderate >> price. The Pentax 21/3.2 Limited and Sigma 24/1.8 are obvious >> possibilities; either might suit but I'm not sure either is ideal for >> me. >> >> What else should I be considering? Checking Pentax's site, I don't see >> a 24/2 or 24/2.8 among current offerings. >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
