Pentax, (and every other camera manufacturer that made 35mm cameras),
has a bunch of very well designed and well corrected 50mm lenses sitting
on a shelf somewhere. Virtually anyway. You need a good fastish, lens
to add to your lens line, look no further. In other words Pentax is
releasing this because it's easy, and they can. I don't however expect
it to be cheaper, (OK based on the reputed build of the 35mm f2.4, maybe
it can be /cheaper/), err, less expensive, than a used A 50mm f1.7,
though it might depress the prices for the FA and F versions of the 1.7
to something affordable.
On 2/8/2012 12:33 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
I use the 40mm pancake Limited a lot, and at no time have I ever
thought "gosh, I wish this were just a little longer".
Related: when I go poking around lenses for sale at eBay or
equivalent, it seems like around 50% are 50mm's of some flavor or
another. So I'm also a little puzzled at this one.
On the other hand, that 560mm sounds like pure fun. Assuming it costs
less than a small car. -T
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Bipin Gupta<[email protected]> 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??
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