You really shouldn't count out the 12-24. Its a well regarded design that dxomark ranks as one of the best performing zooms on pentax. Some have claimed that it is actually sharper than the 15ltd, and across the frame that might be true. My copy was incredibly sharp for a zoom. Plus you get the nice range of 18-35 equivalent, which is actually a really great range and more useful IMO than 10-20. i know its way out of your range, but used copies can be found for 600+ if you look around. Its not exactly fast, but the T stop seems closer to F4 than a lot of my zooms, especially the DA 17-70. At 12mm, you can take some impressively long exposures handheld with SR. Also, don't count out the Samyang 14mm. Its fast and while not a perfect lens, is actually pretty sharp. I think the DA 14mm edges it out though from the tests I've seen. The DA has some gnarly field curvature though. Godrey is right. Wide angle and cheap do not go in the same sentence. Especially when you add the word quality. If you are hell bent on primes only, I'd definitely look at the 15ltd and 21ltd. You'll get the most use out of the 21ltd most likely depending on what you are shooting.
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Eric: > > I'm a heavy DA 21 f3.2 shooter as well. Great lens. It's my go-to lens for > travel, walkabouts, street, and landscape (though I use the DA* 50-135mm f2.8 > a lot for landscape). You won't go wrong with this lens. > > Cheers, Christine > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Aug 25, 2014, at 8:09 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Eric, >> >> Good quality wide angle lenses always tend to be pricey. The DA21/3.2 >> Limited was my go-to wide when I was shooting with Pentax gear, can't >> recommend it enough, but it is fairly expensive. The other wide I liked a >> lot was the DA14/2.8. >> >> I'd pick up one of the DA kit zooms as a temporary measure while I saved up >> for the 14, 15, or 21 prime. The kit "normal" zooms all start at around 18 >> mm or so, which gives you some good options for wide. >> >> Godfrey >> >> >>>> They’re all out of my price range. >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
