I swapped a nice point and shoot for my parents ME Super,.and a couple of lenses, Then hoovered up several nice manual focus lenses. One of my favorites being a Russian Jupiter 9 85 mm screw mount. Thus, the bit about autofocus.
I like the notion of an interim zoom, to point to a useful focal length. Or, maybe the plastic mounted 35mm DA L, depending on what is available. I've been peeking at Craig's List, hasn't seen anything yet. Thanks- You have all given me a good bit of material to chew on. And list, and graph... Betcha I can make a big project out of this! Cheers Mike On Oct 22, 2011, at 7:52 PM, Larry Colen wrote. > > 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. -- 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.
