On Jun 30, 2005, at 1:08 PM, David Oswald wrote:
I've had my sights set on an SMC Pentax-FA 35mm f/2 for awhile, and
now I see it is again available. But recently I've been having a
hard time deciding between it and a SMC Pentax-FA 28mm f/2.8.
I already have a 50mm f/1.4, and a DA16-45. But I like the nice
compact size of the 35 and 28. My reservation about the 35 is that
it's perhaps not different enough from my 50. My reservation about
the 28 is that it's not as fast as I would like a "standard" lens
to be (standard when used on a *ist-DS).
So there's the dilema: Go a little wider at the cost of one f/
stop? Or go for that one f/stop faster, by getting a lens that is
maybe not different enough from what I've already got (the 50mm f/
1.4).
A 50mm is significantly longer than a 35, a 35 is much closer to a
28. My dilemma is that I have a fast 50 and would like a fast 28, but
f/2.8 is only one stop faster than the already excellent 20-35/4 and
28-105/3.2-4.5 ...
An FA28/2 would be so nice. sigh.
Godfrey
