Bipin, I used a M85/2.0 often on film. It facilitated many casual portraits. When the FA77/1.8 limited came along, it too was a favorite on film. With digital, the 50mm would offer a similar field of view as the above. But the FA50/1.4 has never been a favorite on digital??? I recently acquired a DA55/1.4 and it could become that favorite again. I really like the image quality. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/8/2012 11:16 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote: >> >> Hello Walt, that DA 50/1.8 looks good if it is going to be loads >> cheaper than the good old FA's. But honestly I have tried 50mm lenses >> on my K20D / K-5 and find it is one of the oddest focal lengths on an >> APS-C - 75 mm. I can't use it inside my home - Birthdays, Prayer >> Meets, others - I have to move away from the subject and end up >> hitting the walls; can't use it on the streets - find I need an 18 to >> 28 mm for street photography, can't use it for city scapes - like the >> 10-20 mm for this. So what can I use it for - only portraits? >> >> I am truly bamboozled. Please help point me to why I should keep the 50 >> mm?? >> > 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 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 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. -- 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.
