Thanks, Ken. Of course, I want both. <G> If I am going to the sculpture garden, or the balloon festival, or the bike races, or the ball park, I will take my larger bag and several lenses. When I go into the city for a play, I usually take just my 50/1.8, to keep the bulk and weight to a minimum and to not attract too much attention from people in the street. For flowers or butterflies, usually I take just the 100/2.8 macro. For just walking around, sometimes just the camera and the 18-135 Zoom. For whales or birds, the camera and my 70-300 zoom.
I guess what I am looking for now is a lens that would replace the 50/1.8 for street photography, giving me a wider angle of view, and also to put in the bigger bag, to have more choices when I go out fully equipped. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, not sure if you're if looking for a single walk around lens or one to > add to your kit. > > For me when I take my K-3 out with me I always carry along several lenses - > 28-80 F (sometime replaced with a 16-50DA*), 70-210 F, 200 A* macro, 300mm > AF and a 1.4 converter. I could probably leave the 200 behind on most > outings. > > Always looking for less weight and sometimes I leave all but the K-3 and one > lens in the car within close proximity to where I'm shooting. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Lens purchase advice > > > >> OK, if I do acquire a "new to me" K-5II or IIs, I should get a good >> fixed focal length lens to go with it. Currently, I use the 18-135 >> zoom, the 100mm f2.8 macro and the DA 50mm f1.8 with my K-r. >> >> I was looking at the 21mm f3.2 DA AL Limited, the 35mm f2.8 macro >> limited and the 40mm f2.8 DA limited. Which have people here found >> the most useful and versatile? Which (if any) do you prefer for image >> quality? >> >> I am concerned that the 40 might be too close to the 50 I use now. Is >> it significantly better in image quality? >> >> I have the 100 macro; will the 35 macro allow me to do things I can't >> with the 100? I know the 35 limited is a lot more modern, but I >> really have no complaints about the 100 macro, aside from the shaky >> hand behind the lens. >> >> Any thoughts and recommendations will be greatly appreciated. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
