On Feb 8, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: >> > Hi Bipin, > > It really surprises me that you don't find the 50mm focal length useful. > Since I got my K-50/1.4 I've probably used it for more than 90% of all the > shots I've taken. Granted, it takes a good deal of perseverance for me to > nail the focus using it in small rooms, but I generally manage somehow. I've > used it for everything from landscapes to candid portraits to macros (with a > reversing ring). In fact, the only thing I haven't used it for is drag racing.
I hardly ever use my PFA 50/1.4. I use my dfa 50 macro a fair amount, and I'll use the 16-50 at 50 because it doesn't go any longer, but there aren't a lot of cases where the 50 is the right length and 31 or 77 aren't righter. > > I admit it's probably not the /ideal/ lens for any of those uses, but I've > essentially come to the conclusion that I love the images it produces so much > more than the ones I get out of my other lenses that I just figure out a way > to /make/ it work. I'm pretty sure if I had any lenses of comparable optical > quality in other focal lengths, I'd use it less. But, for just about the past > year, I've shot as though it's the only lens I have. I've been there, but when a 58/1.4 was the only lens I had, that was on film, so the AOV was a lot closer to what we use a 40 for. > > I guess it all depends on how you look at it. Some say, "When the only tool > you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." I tend to see it as, > "You'd be amazed at what you can do when you don't have a choice." > > -- Walt > > -- > 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.
