Indeed. Glad this was a success for you. On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > You snooze, you lose. > > On Aug 31, 2014, at 6:06 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hah so you got the 30. Bummer. I should have pounced on that too. :) >> >> That is a special lens for sure. >> >> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Stanley Halpin >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> You are missing the FA20-35 and the newer DA20-40. And the 31 Limited. You >>> might need to do some more shopping in order to give us a fair comparison. >>> And IIRC there more than a few variations on the 28mm and 35mm lenses… >>> >>> stan >>> >>> On Aug 31, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Recently I said that the list of lenses that I still wanted to get is >>>> shrinking rapidly. But one that I still wanted was the SMC K 30mm >>>> f2.8, a desire that Stan has fulfilled this week by putting one in the >>>> mail. I've wanted that lens particularly since seeing this stunning >>>> image: >>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellinuxero/4547285529/ >>>> >>>> It is worth noting that this image was shot on film, so has the full >>>> 30mm FOV. Still, the cinematic look of the image - the combination of >>>> sharpness and buttery bokeh - that is what I love. >>>> >>>> There are many more delicious images produced with this lens at: >>>> http://www.flickriver.com/lenses/pentax/smcpk30mmf28/ >>>> >>>> I'm looking forward to comparing the lenses that I have in the 28-35mm >>>> range because I think I've got waaaay too many and I may need to thin >>>> the herd. >>>> >>>> In the autofocus department I cover that range with: >>>> DA 16-45mm f4 (middle of the range) >>>> Sigma EX 30mm f1.4 (prime) >>>> Pentax F 35-70mm (at its widest, obviously) >>>> >>>> In the manual focus department I've got: >>>> SMC K 28mm f3.5 >>>> SMC K 30mm f2.8 (coming from Stan) >>>> Flektogon 35mm f2.4 (preset... coincidentally, also from Stan) >>>> Tamron 01A 35-85mm f2.8-3.8 macro >>>> >>>> I'm always threatening to do comparison images and then never really >>>> getting around to doing a pseudo-scientific side-by-side comparison. >>>> It always seems to come down to gut feelings and how often the lens >>>> actually gets put on the camera. >>>> >>>> I'm getting closer to having my basement darkroom set up and so I may >>>> need to keep an eye on which lenses will also work on which film >>>> bodies (with no crop factor, obviously). But it appears that I have a >>>> silly amount of overlap at the 28-35mm range. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >>>> look like photographs. >>>> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. > > > -- > 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.
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