On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 4:14 AM, Sandy Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > I can afford 21 Limited and 50/1.4, giving me two autofocus > Pentax lenses. Those look like a good match and comments > on them are all positive. 50 is not quite as long as I'd like, > but you can't have everything. > > Voigtlander 58/1.4 would be preferable on the long end, > but it is more money, not autofocus and perhaps harder > to match. Might not work well with 21, too big a gap > between. > > I thought perhaps the 58 and Sigma 24/1.8 to give me > two fast lenses, but the Sigma i's fairly heavy and no-one > here is praising it. I'm no longer considering that. > > The advice to use the 16-45 was a surprise. That is a > pretty flexible lens. Going down to 24 mm equivalent > may not be essential, but it is something I'd use.
Sandy, if you are considering buying Voigt 58 and Sigma 24, then I humbly suggest that you consider not buying a Pentax camera. It makes reduced amount of sense :-) to buy a camera and use it with 3rd party lenses. There are quite a few deficiencies in being an owner of Pentax system (you can throw all the rotten vegetables you want at me, I know) such as: 1. lack of support and/or services 2. lack of professional services, which to my understanding also includes ability to rent expensive cameras and lenses for short periods of time (something I'd love to do) 3. still unclear fate of FF body (again, this is debatable and depends on one's preferences) 4. generally weaker AF performance (yes, even K-7 is outgunned by its rivals), which again is either important or not, depending on your shooting style. However, in sooth, I am not trying to advocate you against Pentax, because 1. Pentax has excellent glass 2. Pentax has great value for money 3. Pentax is also about PDML 4. Pentax lenses are smallest in size yet boast highest optical quality. It is therefore my humble suggestion that you look for Pentax glass to mount on your Pentax camera. If you're willing to entertain the idea of DA 16-45/4, then I suggest that you simply add to this a good copy of FA 50/1.4 and shoot until you both got the money and also the good idea where to go next - wide angle, portraits, telephoto, etc. Just my cents. -- Boris -- 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.
