On Jan 3, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > On Jan 3, 2010, at 06:32 , Adam Maas wrote: > >> Pentax offers nothing truly comparable to the 58 Nokton, the FA 50/1.4 >> handles worse (particularly for manual focus, the Nokton has a large >> and well damped focus ring) and has significant QC problems with >> recent production and the DA* 55 is about twice the price of the >> Nokton and both are shorter lenses in a range where smaller focal >> length differences remain noticeable. >> >> At the wide end Pentax is lacking any fast glass wider than 31mm. >> While Pentax lenses are excellent, Pentax really has not provided a >> full lens line unless your needs are small but slow primes and/or f2.8 >> zooms. >> >> -Adam > > > > You consider the DA 14mm ƒ2.8 slow? > I was wondering the same thing. Any fast and wide lens will be somewhat large. But I think the 14/2.8 is a good compromise. That being said, I get by with the 12-24/4. It's a bit slower, but it's also wider than the 14 and very good. Paul > Joseph McAllister > Lots of gear, not much time > > http://gallery.me.com/jomac > http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html > > > -- > 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.
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