I'm a little late to this but looking at your list of lenses I see a bit
of redundancy that might save you some money.
The A 50 and M 50 f1.7 are optically essentially the same lens. You
won't gain much by having one of each. I'd go for the A but if you can
live with the M lens' exposure limitations it's usually available for
half what the A goes for.
The super Takumar 55mm is also a bit of duplication, there's not much
you can do with it that you can't do with either of the 50mm lenses.
However if you find one you'll probably be able to get it dirt cheap.
Be prepared to pay an arm and 1/2 a leg for the 30mm it's somewhat rare
as well as being very very good. It is once again pretty much a
duplication of the FA f2.8 28mm, which is also fairly expensive. I
would pick one or the other. The FA 28 is supposed to be inferiior to
the 30mm optically but it would be so much more convenient. Odds are
you'd end up using one with the other just sitting on the shelf.
On 2/10/2011 4:28 PM, Jeffery Johnson wrote:
Howdy..
My new first time DSLR, the K-R, is still in Knoxville and due to the lovely
snow we had yesterday afternoon/evening it is delayed. (It took me an hour
and a half to get home and needless to say I did not even attempt to go into
work today.) It was supposed to be here this evening but now it may not
arrive until tomorrow or worse not tell Monday. With the camera I also went
ahead and got a remote and two 52mm filters for the 18-55mm kit lens as I
already have two 58mm filters that will work with the 55-300mm kit lens.
This coming week I am going to get an adapter so I can use AA batteries and
a second li-on battery.
Down the road when our monies are not so tight and once I am comfortable
with the K-R and DSLR photography I would not mind getting a couple of extra
lenses. The following list is a few lenses I have come across that I find of
interest and they are not listed in any order of importance. Perhaps someone
on the list has a spare one of these lenses they could donate to a newbie or
keep an eye out at local flea markets, yard sales and the like. Just keep in
mind if by chance you do come across a lens listed I truly cannot afford an
arm and a leg for a lens.
Super-Takumar 55mm f=1:2/55 lens
Pentax 50mm f/1.7 SMC-M
Pentax KA f2.8 28mm lens
SMC Pentax 100mm F4 Macro
SMC PENTAX-FA 1:2.8 50mm MACRO
SMC Pentax 30mm F2.8
SMC Pentax-A 50mm 1.7
Also at some point down the road going to look into an TTL flash but to be
honest I am not certain which one to get that I can afford so it is rather
low on the list of items.
I also would like to ask "When is Spring and when will it finally get here?"
I am so so tired of snow and to a degree the cold but more so the snow, ice
and bad roads. Oh and some good books or perhaps good websites for us DSLR
newbies.
Thanks,
Jeffery Johnson
(If this is the third time you see this please ignore I am sorry as I did
not see previous messages make it to the list.)
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