The 14mm is a super lens. I've managed to purchase it, along with an X-E1 backup / 2nd body, with the money I've got so far from recycling my Pentax lenses. Once I've finished recycling, there should be enough for the 23mm when it becomes available. So I will have managed a system swap at more or less neutral cost (if you ignore the minor point of the cost of the X-Pro 1 which was a special birthday present).
There is still a place in my system for Pentax lenses and an adaptor. I'm keeping a few MF ones (along with some film bodies) and will use those for focal length that Fuji lenses don't cover, The 28, 50 and 135mm are particularly useful just now. And how else will I be eligible for a place in the PDML annual? Chris On 15 September 2013 20:03, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > On 15/9/13, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>I picked up an adapter off of ebay. I don't know much about it other >>than it cost 30 bucks, which was pretty cheap considering that it's >>quite well made. My issue with these adapters is that there doesn't seem >>much point to them if you can get a first party camera body to use your >>lenses with rather than mounting them onto an adapter and effectively >>turning them into a third party lens that doesn't work very well. > > Hmm, point taken. > > In truth, I would love the FX 14mm but can't spend the money right now. > I can afford a used EX-1 and I have the A*85/1.4 sitting in my bag. I > tend to use that lens wide open, so the X-E1 would seem to provide a > suitable platform on which to receive the photons. > > Similarly, the 17/4 is a wacky, weird and wonderful lens (anyone here > ever used one? it is so much fun) and again, would find use on the X-E1. > > When I can afford the 14mm then I've got AF and all the delights that > brings. Matched up with an X100s, it would be a lovely combination of > hardware. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) | Web Video Production > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
