On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 3, 2010, at 18:10 , Adam Maas wrote: > >>> >>> 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 > > > > But Pentax lenses don't go *poof* when production stops, and so far, they > are all supported, for what they are. > > As far as I'm concerned, all Pentax lenses are current. Just can't get some > of them repaired by Pentax any more. > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] >
And some are simply bloody hard to find. Same problem in Minolta/Sony-land. Just not enough of those interesting lenses out there. -Adam Who in fact owns a 24/2 in KA mount, not the FA* sadly, merely a vivitar. -- 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.
