Wow, Stan, another K7, two K5's, a couple of fast primes and the 50-135. Would you mind talking to my spouse sometime? I just can't make it sound this reasonable.
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > If you want fast, there is always the PK-A 50/1.2 . . . > > My vote: > a. Stick with what you have for a meet or two. Even better, take a bunch of > photos at practice sessions; if experiments don't work out, it won't be quite > as painful as missing out on a great shot during competition. Evaluate what > focal length(s) you are most often using. Play with the processing. Think > about the output media (are these for wall-sized prints? 4x6's for the > grandparents? viewing on a PC?) and how much sharpness etc you really need. > b. Then - > 1. go with one or two fast primes. Wider is better, you can always > crop later. > 1.1 If you decide to go with two primes, buy a second K-7. > 2. after 6 months, then buy the K-5 (or two of them). > 2.1 Keep one of the K-7's as a backup, mount your 50-135 on it > . . . > > stan > > On Jan 10, 2011, at 9:51 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > >>> >>> Aside from a 50 1.4, which is substantially faster than your 50-135 but not >>> long enough for the most part, anything faster than the lens you're using >>> would have to be a prime, and an expensive one at that. And you won't have >>> the flexibility that a zoom gives you for this type of work. The 50-135 is >>> an excellent and relatively fast lens. Go for the K-5. >>> Paul >> >> I got to play with the 50/1.4 a couple of months ago, when the Pentax >> road show came to town. I've never shot with anything that fast, and >> it was *amazing*. I think you're right that the zoom is better for >> this situation, but that one is still on my wish list. >> >> Along with a k-5. >> >> And an upgrade to cs5. >> >> Thanks for your input, Paul. ( I noticed you voted twice, but I can >> only count it once... ;) ) >> >> -c >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
