Hi Dan, On Wed, 21 May 2014 12:31:18 -0400 Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >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 have the 21mm and the 35mm macro. Both perform well, but I use the 35mm MUCH more than the 21. Somehow it FOV suits me better, and of course it does 1:1 macro which is extremely useful for me in the field. >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. Larger FOV, but that is not always an advantage for macro. It IS an advantage when you want you use it as the only lens ... It is one of my sharpest lenses for sure. Regards, JvW ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com Flickr : jvw_pentax -- This email was Anti Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. http://www.astaro.com -- 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.
