Originally posted by yeatzee And I still think the FA 35mm is way overpriced, and delivers mediocre bokeh with lifeless color from what I've seen. To each their own.
I agree. Nothing special about the FA 35... at least when it's compared to the much more affordable DA L 35. I think it's mostly hype at work there.
Fact is, most lenses don't have colour that "wows" me. The exception to this is the DA ltds. The FA primes, and earlier, are all hit or miss... and can be adjusted in post. I tend to look for contrast and bokeh.
So perhaps we are looking for different things. I don't see anything about the bokeh of the 28mm that I would not find with a similar wide-angle lens (zoom or not). The 35mm DA L has nice bokeh (but the FA 35 does not, really). In general, too, the 28mm lenses aren't really about bokeh, anyways.
For me, it would be about having a nice small prime for my camera that gives me a nice FOV for general "spontaneous" photography. This is why a reasonably-priced prime in this range would be desirable over a zoom or 35mm.
Marc's lens is ideal... but we don't work for Pentax. Maybe we should
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I've yet to try a 24mm lens because they are so damn expensive, but the DA 21 ltd does not exactly have killer bokeh, either.