I have a confession to make: I think I'm not willing to manual focus. Is that bad?
Or, at least not exclusively... I have an old A50/2 that came on my k1000... and a vivitar 70-210 (the good one, even!)... and while I like the results of these lenses, I seldom use them. I throw the 50 on only if compactness is really an issue, and the 70-210 only if I really need the reach, since it is my longest lens. Maybe I'm lazy. Maybe my eyes are feeling 40. But, I don't think I'm going to buy another MF-only lens. There, I said it. I feel better now that's out in the open. :) -c On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:16 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 10, 2011, at 7:51 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. > > Christine, if you're willing to manually focus, what you should do is watch > craigslist for people selling or giving away old Pentax cameras. I've gotten > spotmatics with 50/1.4 supertaks for $50 all the way down to free. You can > get an m42 to K adapter for $20, and that'll get you a very nice, fast, and > cheap manual focus lens. Since you'd really only be using it when you need a > lens that is faster than f/2.8, it won't matter that won't automatically stop > down, just focus with it stopped down anyways. > > For that matter, someone on this list might even have a spare. Hell, if I > start jonesing for a K-5 any harder, I might be willing to sell my spare. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
