On Oct 22, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Michael Beacom wrote: > Hi- > > I bought a Pentax 12-24mm zoom, and a 77mm Limited with the K-5. > It should be fast, for indoors available light, and somewhat south of $500ish. > > My first thought was the 40mm f2.8 Limited Pancake.
I love my 40/2.8. It's wonderfully small. I loaned someone my stormtrooper, with it on it, and he thought it was just a body cap, didn't realize that there was a lens on the camera until I pulled off the lens cap and started taking pictures. It's also wonderfully sharp and has a lovely character to it's photos. However, rather than buying it, I'd be look at the 35 macro, as so often when I go on photo walks in the woods, I really wish I had a macro. I had a raynox for it for a while but lost it when some stuff was stolen out of the trunk of my car. I've got the 31/1.8 and it's a wonderful lens, though I often miss the extra 2/3 stop that I would have gotten with the 30/1.4. > > On second thought, the plastic mounted 35mm DA L f2.4 might make a nice > interim lens. it can be shifted to the K100D bag if a better lens comes > along. > > Any opinions or suggestions? 1) Wait until you've been shooting with the K-5 for a while and see exactly what lengths, or speeds you are missing. 2) Ask your friends and family if they have any old Pentax gear gathering dust in their closets. You'd be amazed at how many K1000s with 50/1.7 lenses are sitting around and haven't been used in decades, or years. 3) look for cheap glass on craigslist. > > Cheers > Mike > > -- > 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. -- 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.
