Yep, I can see the DA* 55 in my horizon--and like you I'd be very happy with two K-5s, one for the 55 & one for the 22. Yep, I'd be a happy camper with that rig! Cheers, Christine
On Oct 3, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > A delayed condolences on the demise of your FA50/1.4 It is always sad to lose > a trusted familiar companion like that. > > Short summary: when you get your 55mm, you may still miss your old friend the > FA50, but you will love your new friend! > > It happens that I just finished my Blurb book on my 2010 Costa Rica trip and, > moving on to my next To-Do, have re-started work on my Blurb for Rome 2009. I > hadn't remembered making this decision, but it seems that I did Rome all on > primes. I think I had one or two zooms with me as back-up just-in-case but LR > analysis of the metadata says it was all primes. > > So, a week or so in Rome and 60+% of my images were with the DA*55/1.4, about > 20% with DA21, most of the rest with the DA15 and a few DA100 macro. What got > me thinking about this is that, as I was going back through the images in LR, > I kept noticing shots with really nice color and sharpness and started > thinking about what lens was I using at the time. And DA*55 was the answer. > > stan > > On Oct 2, 2011, at 4:31 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > >> Yes, but it may be a distant horizon. Cheers, Christine >> >> On Oct 2, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Good news! But I hope you are leveling with us, Christine. >>> >>> On 11-10-02 10:27 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>>> A DA* 55mm may be in my horizon! cheers, Christine >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 25, 2011, at 6:24 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> >>>>> That attachment thing may be true in general, but not after you've used >>>>> the DA* 55 for a while. :-) >>>>> >>>>> Sorry to hear that your FA50 is deceased. >>>>> >>>>> -bmw >>>>> >>>>> On 11-09-25 7:12 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>>>>> Yep, I thought about replacement when it dropped--and I thought about >>>>>> the DA* 55, and I'll be happy with that lens, but you get attached to >>>>>> lenses that have served you well, don't you? I'll try repair first. >>>>>> Cheers, Christine >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 25, 2011, at 5:57 PM, Paul Stenquist<[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Sorry to hear that. But it can probably be repaired.If not, replace it >>>>>>> with the DA* 55 or the FA 43 limited:-) >>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>> On Sep 25, 2011, at 6:40 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> is dead. Wouldn't work while in field today. Ugh. Damn. >>>>>>>> > > > -- > 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.
