Even at the effective focal length of 75mm, I seem to remember Pentax having a very successful limited lens with a focal length of 77mm. Short teles are very useful. My FA50 is my favorite lens on the K7.
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
