The DA21/3.2 is a favorite lens; like Christine I often find it is THE lens on my camera when walking city streets. I like the DA15/4 as well and pretty much always include it in my travel kit. Small, light, I can find a place to put it. But I don’t pull it out and use it all that often.
Wide angle shooting really is different. For me the hardest part is trying to limit the image to one primary subject - with wide angle there is often just too much going on. So I tend to gravitate toward “normal” and “short tele” range lenses most of the time. When I realize that the scene is begging for a wide angle and I take the time to pull out and attach the 15/4, it is just cool. stan > On May 16, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > > I’m a huge fan of the DA 21mm f3.2! Can’t say enough about the lens. When I > travel, it’s often my go-to lens, especially when in urban areas for street > photography. Sometimes it’s a bit wide for certain shots, but then I crop > :-)! > > Cheers, Christine > > > > >> On May 16, 2015, at 8:56 AM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> >> Thanks again to all who responded to my request for input regarding wide >> angle zooms. FWIW,regarding them, I’m leaning toward the pentax 16-45/4 or >> the new sigma 17-40/2.8. The latter is especially attractive, though more >> expensive, but within my range. >> >> Thinking about zooms, though, has got me thinking about primes as an >> alternative. I love my a 28/2.8 but I want a wider field of view. I’m >> tempted by the pentax 15/4 limited and smc 21/3.2 limited. I’d like to avoid >> noticeable distortion, i.e., noticeable to people without your expertise, >> which includes me. Would the 15 be OK in that regard? >> >> Opinions about these lenses or suggestions for others, preferably autofocus, >> would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> eew...@bellsouth.net >> >> "You keep on learning and learning, and pretty soon >> you learn something no one has learned before." >> >> - Richard Feynman >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
