On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 08:23:48PM -0400, Zos Xavius wrote: > I found the 12mm end plenty wide myself. I never really wanted to go > wider. Its hard to compose that wide all the time. 15-18mm was > actually a bit more useful overall, but in the end I found myself > constantly at either 12mm, 18mm, or 24mm. I guess that means I should > probably just buy primes in those ranges. Too bad there isn't a 12mm > rectilinear prime for pentax. 18mm is also a hard to find focal length > and is usually fishy on older FF lenses. don't get me started on > finding a fairly good and cheap 24mm, though I do really want one. If
Sigma makes a 24/1.8, available for $550. I have the 20/1.8 which alternates between being totally frustrating, and a great piece of glass when the photo I'm trying to take is within it's competency range. > this tokina is any good it would cover a huge amount of my range. I'm > quite used to shooting at 28mm all the time. My M28/3.5 rarely left > the camera till the blades started sticking. Throw in a 35-105 and I > would be pretty set. I'd like to get a 15ltd one day, but even that > lens isn't ultra-wide really. My next wide angle is probably going to > be the samyang 8mm fisheye. Don't they make a nice 24mm too? Hmmmm. I bought my 8mm as a toy, was very pleasantly surprised by the build quality, and have been even more surprised at how often I grab it for serious photos. Someone recently pointed to this article: http://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/2013/02/the-best-lenses-for-night-photography-a-case-for-rokinon-primes/ If those Koreans ever add autofocus to their lenses, they are going to kick some serious ass in the marketplace. > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've got a son-in-law that shoots Canon APS-C and he used to have the > > Canon 10-22mm (wore it out) and then went to the Tokina 11-16 and he > > really dislikes IT. Not enough range and he says it flares badly. With > > the crop factor, you are getting a 17.6mm (35mm equiv. FOV) on the > > wide end, as opposed to 16mm and he misses that extra 1.6mm of width. > > I'm not sure if he's going to go back to the Canon or try the Sigma > > 10-20mm, but he's not going to miss that Tokina 11-16mm. > > > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hoping the tokina 12-28 makes it over. I love my 12-24, but wish it > >> were as good as the 11-16. > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 04:04:25PM -0400, Stan Halpin wrote: > >>>> Interesting zoom range(s). But all shown as DA so far, not DA*. > >>>> And FINALLY an AF teleconverter. Again, DA rather than DA*. But after > >>>> waiting 15+ years, I guess I'll take what I can get. > >>> > >>> 18-85? > >>> > >>> If that's f/2.8 (or faster) that will go pretty much right to the > >>> top of my shopping list. Particularly if it's a DA* or at least WR. > >>> > >>> For photographing at the dojo, that is pretty much exactly the > >>> range I need, but since I can't use a flash, I also need faster > >>> glass. Unless, of course the replacement for the K-5 can shoot at > >>> ISO 25,600 as cleanly as the K-5 does ISO 6400. > >>> > >>>> > >>>> stan > >>>> > >>>> On Aug 28, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > http://photorumors.com/2013/08/28/updated-pentax-k-mount-lens-roadmap-published/ > >>>> > > >>>> > Huzzah! > >>>> > > >>>> > -- > >>>> > 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. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Larry Colen [email protected] > >>> http://red4est.com/lrc > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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. > > > > > > > > -- > > Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. > > > > -- > > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
