Bill, Boy, that is a bit tough to choose. Leaf shutter aside, I personally like the 90 FOV better than the 105, but I believe that to be a very personal preference. If you can think about your 35mm usage, if you could only have one lens would it be a 35/43 or a 50/55? That is probably your best way to determine. I'm sure that at times, the leaf shutter would come in handy, but it is also an area that can break. Pentax is no longer repairing that lens so you would want to make sure you have a good source for repair before you buy.
Bruce Dayton Tuesday, March 05, 2002, 7:23:06 AM, you wrote: PWO> Hi folks, PWO> I'm hoping to get some opinions on Pentax MF lens choices. Here's my PWO> dilemma.... PWO> Let's assume I can afford one and only one used lens for a 6x7 -- for the PWO> time being -- with my choice at the moment being either an SMCT 105/2.4 or PWO> an SMCT 90/2.8 LS. Seems like the 105/2.4 would be a good "normal" lens. PWO> However, the 90/2.8 LS -- perhaps USD $150 higher than a used 105/2.4 in PWO> similar condition? -- would give me flash sync across the entire shutter PWO> speed range of the camera body (a feature I might use often), as well as the PWO> ability to do multiple exposures (a feature I might not use too often, but PWO> possibly once in a while). Given that I'd probably get only a single lens PWO> for now, does it make sense to spend the extra money and make my only lens a PWO> leaf shutter? Or does it make more sense to get the 105/2.4 for the time PWO> being, forgoing the added functionality of the leaf shutter? Does the fact PWO> that the body is non-MLU factor into this choice at all? PWO> I'd appreciate any comments from those of you who've had a chance to use PWO> these two lenses for walking-around, handheld (or monopod-mounted) PWO> photography with a 6x7. What do you think? PWO> Thanks in advance for your help! PWO> Bill Peifer PWO> Rochester, NY - 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 .
