On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > There is the SMC Pentax A 35~70/4.0 which can be purchased pretty > reasonably. > > What does "cracking good" mean? What characteristics do you look for in > a portrait lens?
It means "really rather good, don't you know". As for good portrait lenses, I'm personally rather partial to a 20-35 as a lens for getting a pic of people doing things. I doubt any non-full frame DSLR will satisfy me for that kind of portrait unless I go back and pay that extortionate amount for the 15/3.5. If Pentax get a reasonable budget DSLR going, they'll have done something no one else has. If anyone complains about it, ask to see any other DLSR to which you can attach either a 15/3.5 or an 800/4.0 or anything in between. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
