Hah so you got the 30. Bummer. I should have pounced on that too. :) That is a special lens for sure.
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > You are missing the FA20-35 and the newer DA20-40. And the 31 Limited. You > might need to do some more shopping in order to give us a fair comparison. > And IIRC there more than a few variations on the 28mm and 35mm lenses… > > stan > > On Aug 31, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Recently I said that the list of lenses that I still wanted to get is >> shrinking rapidly. But one that I still wanted was the SMC K 30mm >> f2.8, a desire that Stan has fulfilled this week by putting one in the >> mail. I've wanted that lens particularly since seeing this stunning >> image: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellinuxero/4547285529/ >> >> It is worth noting that this image was shot on film, so has the full >> 30mm FOV. Still, the cinematic look of the image - the combination of >> sharpness and buttery bokeh - that is what I love. >> >> There are many more delicious images produced with this lens at: >> http://www.flickriver.com/lenses/pentax/smcpk30mmf28/ >> >> I'm looking forward to comparing the lenses that I have in the 28-35mm >> range because I think I've got waaaay too many and I may need to thin >> the herd. >> >> In the autofocus department I cover that range with: >> DA 16-45mm f4 (middle of the range) >> Sigma EX 30mm f1.4 (prime) >> Pentax F 35-70mm (at its widest, obviously) >> >> In the manual focus department I've got: >> SMC K 28mm f3.5 >> SMC K 30mm f2.8 (coming from Stan) >> Flektogon 35mm f2.4 (preset... coincidentally, also from Stan) >> Tamron 01A 35-85mm f2.8-3.8 macro >> >> I'm always threatening to do comparison images and then never really >> getting around to doing a pseudo-scientific side-by-side comparison. >> It always seems to come down to gut feelings and how often the lens >> actually gets put on the camera. >> >> I'm getting closer to having my basement darkroom set up and so I may >> need to keep an eye on which lenses will also work on which film >> bodies (with no crop factor, obviously). But it appears that I have a >> silly amount of overlap at the 28-35mm range. >> >> -- >> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >> look like photographs. >> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
