On 5/3/2015 1:02 PM, John wrote:
On 5/3/2015 10:27 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
Well you don't have any really fast primes, except for the 50 f1.8,
that's a bit specialized as it's a portrait length. so here's the
question, all your primes are on the telephoto side which do you need
more macro or fast?
You might check with LensRentals.com
They have:
Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM A1 for Pentax at $45 for 5 Days
or
Pentax SMC FA 31mm f/1.8 ED AL Limited at $53 for 5 Days.
https://www.lensrentals.com/rent/pentax/lenses
Still, 35mm is still on the tele side of things, the 31mm is more or
less normal for APS-C, (as 50mm is a bit telephoto for 24x36mm format,
while 43mm is pretty much the actual normal focal length), but Barnack
for various reason chose 50mm as the normal lens for his camera, either
because it was easier to build a high quality 50mm to cover the format,
or he simply liked the longer focal length's look in images. I've heard
both stories. Either way 50mm, (very short telephoto), normals are what
we've got, which is all that makes a 35mm focal length "normal" for
APS-C. Kodak, and a lot of other manufactures as well, tried to use
40-45mm lenses as normal on their 35mm cameras but swimming against the
tide of Leica seems to have been too much.
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