Bruce, I like to shoot candids and portraits. Everything from environmental portraits to headshots, and even some sports action.
I am considering the following lenses: FA 35 f/2, 43 Limited, FA 50 f/1.4, FA 50 f/1.7, 77mm Limited, 85mm f/1.4 and 135mm f/2.8. Michael Bruce Dayton wrote: > Michael, > > By "people" do you mean portraits or street style photography? > Generally, any of the portrait lenses from Pentax are great (85mm or > 77 limited). If you are shooting street, I cannot give best advice > but have heard the 35mm's are good. I have the FA 35/2 and think it > is a wonderful lens as is the 43 limited. I prefer either focal > length to a standard 50mm. > > Clarify a bit more, and we'll try to help you out. > > Bruce Dayton (mid aged fart - 43 four days ago) > > Monday, September 9, 2002, 5:43:23 PM, you wrote: > > MC> I'm 37 and, believe it or not, I am just starting out with Pentax. As far as I > MC> know a Spotmatic is a washing machine. > > MC> I just bought a ZX-L body. Now I just need one of you PDMLer's to tell which > MC> prime lens I ought to buy first for people photography. > > MC> Michael Cross > > MC> Tom Sapienza wrote: > > >> > By the way, I seem to be really young here :) Everyone is talking about > >> > Pentax cameras I never heard nor seen. I'm 27, anyone here around that age > >> > or am I hangin' with a bunch of old farts? :) > >> > >> I'm new here, but I can make you feel a bit older -- I'm 24. Though when > >> I talk Pentax, I tend to stick to the mid-80s and before ... all these new > >> ones are cameras I've never heard nor seen. :) > >> > >> Tom Sapienza
