Re: Many lenses; which too keep?

[Toralf Lund]

Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
TL> OK. I just subscribed to this list. Thought I might start by telling you
TL> about my most recent acquisition. I just bought an ME Super and a couple
TL> of lenses at a net auction, on a time of the year when not a lot of
TL> people care to place bids at such sites, I'm assuming, so the price was
TL> not very high...
Welcome to the list.
 

Thanks.
TL>     * A MZ-20 body
TL>     * An ME Super body
TL>     * A 28-80mm (power)zoom - you know, the one a lot of people seem to
TL>       hate.
TL>     * A 100-300mm zoom - not the one with the bad reviews this time, but
TL>       the latest model; got it second hand a short while ago; it could
TL>       hardly have been used at all.
TL>     * A 70-210mm/4
TL>     * An A-50/1.7
TL>     * Another M or A 50/1.7
TL>     * A 150mm/3.5
TL> All the lenses are Pentax SMC.
TL> So, any comments on this equipment? Also, I've actually considered
TL> selling some of the lenses, as they do overlap a bit, as you can see.
TL> That's if I can face the idea of parting with them... So, which ones do
TL> you reckon should go? One of the 50mms is an obvious candidate, and so
TL> is the 28-80 if I can get something else in the range, and I think I saw
TL> a used 35-80 in one of the local shops (would that be a better lens?),
TL> but how about the long zooms?
I think I would keep both 50 mm lenses since I really like them. I
have 3 myself, one though being third party.
It think I would let go 28-80 and 100-300 lenses and keep the rest.
 

Maybe that would make sense, but I really like the 100-300 as it looks 
like it's brand new, and it's also very light. Same weight as the 28-80, 
actually. I know absolutely nothing about the optical quality, as I've 
only taken about 4 pictures with it, on a film that's still at the lab.

As for the 28-80, I actually nearly bought a used A-35-80 today, only I 
didn't as I thought it was a bit on the expensive side. If I had, I 
would definitely have tried to sell the 28-80. Do you think that would 
have been a good decision? Did I ask that question already?

For the money that you could get I would try to go after 28 mm lens or
even 24 mm lens.
 

Yes. I've considered something like that.
Then you would have 24 (or 28), 50 mm and 70-210 covered.
I can say nothing about A 150/3.5 as I am unfamiliar with it.
 

Since you don't have any autofocus optics perhaps you could also sell
your MZ-20. Or instead you could look for FA 28/2.8 to use along with
this body...
 

Actually, that's just what it looks like because my original mail wasn't 
quite clear. The 28-80 and 100-300 are autofocus, the rest manual.

I don't mind manual focus, but an autofocus body is sometimes nice with 
those lenses, too, as you still get the "in focus" indicator in the 
viewfinder.

Just my cents.
Boris
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