Adam, Of course, I can argue that a useful ISO 1600 in digital negates the need for an f2 or better. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> 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? >> > > Yes, but not terribly so, f2.8 is quite acceptable for a 21mm > equivalent, but by is no means fast. Remember, the FF world has lenses > faster than f2 in this FoV range (Oly 21/2, Sigma 20/1.8, Leica > 21/1.4, even Pentax's prototype 20/1.4). Pentax has exactly two lenses > wider than 31mm and faster than f2.8 (28/2, FA* 24/2), and neither are > current-production > > -Adam > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > 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.
