For the last few weeks I've been using my FA 50/1.7 for most of my photo walks (mostly to and from work). The 16-45 is =a lot= bigger, and somehow the 50 matches "my eye" better.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 4/4/10, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rob Studdert <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: A Crazy Idea > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, April 4, 2010, 8:54 PM > On 05/04/2010, paul stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I never used a zoom for my first 30 years of > photography. Mainly because they just wren't very good. I > was exclusively a prime shooter. But today's zooms are good > enough that I rarely use a prime. With the DA 12-24, the DA* > 16-50, the DA* 50-135 and the DA* 60-250, I get a huge range > of focal length options with performance and speed that is > the equal of most primes. Hell, nearly all primes. Primes > were once a far superior choice, but no more. > > Franky even the DA16-45 is even too big on the K-x, as a > walk about > kit I'd rather just pocket another small fixed lens. The > K20D feels > like a brick now. > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > 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.
