[boriscleto]

I posted these in a couple other threads, might as well here too...

[boriscleto]

I posted these in a couple other threads, might as well here too...

[Mark Ransom]

Too many(yes i said that already)....but i want more.

I actually want less. Too much angst when deciding what to take along and what to leave behind.

[jcdoss]

Thanks boriscleto... looks great twice!

My collection as of now includes:
K series: 15/3.5, 17/4 fisheye, 24/2.8, 30/3.8, 50/1.2, 55.1,8, 105/2.8, 135/2.5, 200/2.5, 500/4.5
M series: 20/4, 28/2, 28/3.5, 35/2, 40/2.8, 50/1.4, 50/1.7, 50/4 Macro, 100/2.8, 100/4 Macro, 120/2.8, 135/3.5, 150/3.5, 200/4, 300/4, 400/5.6
A series: 200/4 Macro, 1.4x-S, 1.4x-L
GAS list: K28/2.8, A100/2.8 Macro, A*85/1.4, A*135/1.8

[ivanvernon]

I have over 100 Pentax and Pentax compatible lenses, some which came in with cameras bought off the internet, others purposely purchased. I think this thread could be made more interesting by asking not how many lenses you have, but how many great lenses you have. Since I am making the proposal, I will start out by culling through my collection and identifying the great ones.

Lenses for full-frame and crop sensor cameras. All are Pentax unless otherwise identified:

FA 31
FA 43
FA 77
FA* 85/1.4
Kiron 105/2.8 1:1 macro
Tokina 90/2.5 1:2 macro
Canon-FD 55/1.2 converted to Pentax

There are about 50 other lenses for full-frame/crop sensor, some that are excellent, quite good, good, and quite acceptable, and only 3-4 that are poor but still useable.

Lenses for medium format cameras:

645 FA 35/3.5
645 D FA 55/2.8
645 D FA 90/f 2.8 1:2 macro
645 FA* 300/4.0
645 FA 120/4.0 1:1 macro
67 105/2.4
67 55/4.0
CZJ Sonnar 180/2.8

There are maybe 25 other medium format Pentax medium format lenses, almost all of them in the excellent or quite good categories and really very few in the poor category.

OK, so I tally up and say that I have 15 great Pentax lenses and another 75 that are very much worth owning and using.

[ahilgaz]

Not a huge number, especially compared to others here, but more than I find I use.

A 50/1.4
DFA 28-105
FA Ltd 31/1.8
FA Ltd 43/1.9
FA Ltd 77/1.8
DA* 200/2.8
DA* 300/4

Most used are the 77 and 200, followed by the 31, 43 and 300. The 50 and 28-105 haven't seen much use.

Looks like you have a very nice prime lens collection, I would add a 24mm., and and a macro around 100mm. or a 135. And then maybe trade the 50 1.4 for a 1.7 to get a bit more sharpness. All those ltd.s and the star lenses are to die for.

[vtn]

I have 6 K mount lenses and one M42. My favorite on is DFA 100mm F2.8 macro.

[Pentikonian]

Looks like you have a very nice prime lens collection, I would add a 24mm., and and a macro around 100mm. or a 135. And then maybe trade the 50 1.4 for a 1.7 to get a bit more sharpness. All those ltd.s and the star lenses are to die for.

Thanks. Love the Ltds and *primes. Still internally debating on what to get for a wide, most likely a 24. Never really have used macros very much. I would love a 135 prime - one of my favorite focal lengths. I keep hoping Pentax has a new DFA* 135 up their sleeve... but will probably get an A 135/2.8 at some point.

[cymric]

Waiting for me wife to leave the house before I start counting

[Cabessius]

Waiting for me wife to leave the house before I start counting

I know that feeling, bro

My wife knows that I have many lenses but she doesn´t even imagine that the count raises to 80.
She would think I have some kind of addiction, which is absolutely true.

[richardwong]

The vast majority- maybe 95% - work. I have a couple that came from Japan that did not like the Journey are were DOA. One that I plan to send off to Eric is a cosmetically mint black ME-F that is inoperative, but I bought it knowing that. There are a few that a good CLA would help, to be sure.

I think the 8-16 is an itch I'll scratch at some point. It probably won't see a load of use, but I'm keen to give it a try. I do generally favor zooms, but genrally always have my 15mm along just in case!

You can't go wrong with the DA 15 in the bag. The 8-16mm is good in museums and where you want that really wide shot.

---------- Post added 08-21-18 at 10:23 PM ----------

Not a huge number, especially compared to others here, but more than I find I use.

A 50/1.4
DFA 28-105
FA Ltd 31/1.8
FA Ltd 43/1.9
FA Ltd 77/1.8
DA* 200/2.8
DA* 300/4

Most used are the 77 and 200, followed by the 31, 43 and 300. The 50 and 28-105 haven't seen much use.

Hey Gordon - you have a small but very nice list of lenses in the arsenal. That's all that matters.

---------- Post added 08-21-18 at 10:26 PM ----------

I just did a recount and it now ads up to 61

Glad to hear that you did a recount. Are you happy with the number or would you like more?

---------- Post added 08-21-18 at 10:30 PM ----------

Five.

I shoot 95% of my images with two lenses.

All the photo equipment I own fits in one strategically arranged backpack.

Seriously, only 2 lenses, that's some serious restraint.

---------- Post added 08-21-18 at 10:40 PM ----------

Do I count them all, or only the ones I use?

I have 3 that I've never even attempted to use on a digital camera. Those are the M 50/2 that was a kit lens for the ME Super, a Tokina A 28-70 that I got as an upgrade, and a Tamron A 28 that I picked up in a moment of weakness from Ebay.

There's the FA 50/1.4 that has never been sharp enough to be worth using. There's the Tamron 70-200/2.8 that can't do consistent AF. There's the FA 50 macro that is wonderful but hasn't seen any action since I got the DFA 100 macro.

I have 2 copies of the 18-55 because I thought I'd lost the first one. Three if you count the kit lens that came with my *ist-DS. I have 2 copies of the 55-300 because B&H had a sale that I couldn't resist.

I have an F 70-210 and DFA 100 that were rendered unusable through accidents, both replaced. But the 70-210 is only for nostalgia, I don't use it anymore.

I have a Tamron 70-300 that I don't use anymore because the 55-300 mostly supersedes it.

Excluding the ones mentioned above, that leaves:

DA 15
Sigma 17-50/2.8
DA 18-55
DA 18-135
Sigma 18-300
Tamron 24-135
DA 35 macro
DA 40 pancake
DA 55-300
DFA 100
A 400

The biggest problem I have is deciding which lenses to take with and which ones to leave behind.

Mark - you sure like your doubles don't you? The lens count counts them all. We all have our times of less restraint than others.

---------- Post added 08-21-18 at 10:46 PM ----------

Hmm, let's see...

DA 10-17mm
DA 16-85mm
DA L 18-55mm WR
DA 35mm
F 35-70mm
DA 50 mm
DA L 50-200 WR
Zenit Helios 44k-4
And I have an old Cimko 35-100mm F3.5-4.5 with what I assume is a broken aperture lever.

In general, the shorter kit lens hardly ever got used since I got the DA 35 and the F 35-70 (that little guy was great when I went to India last year).

The Helios is lovely but I'm too lazy to run manual lenses much.

Right now I'm on vacation with just the brand new 16-85 and the DA 50 for low light, and not finding I'm missing anything tbh.

Varky - it's always nice to use new lenses so have fun with it.

---------- Post added 08-21-18 at 10:47 PM ----------

Second post

Too many(yes i said that already)....but i want more.

Around 50-60 K mounts and M42s,and 20ish for my other systems i guess.


Looking forward to the rest of the Dfa Primes.

Surfar - so of all those K's and m's which ones do you use the most or are you on another system using the Pentax lenses with adapters?

---------- Post added 08-21-18 at 10:56 PM ----------

I posted these in a couple other threads, might as well here too...

Love that shot Boris. Question is that where you store all those lenses?

---------- Post added 08-21-18 at 11:10 PM ----------

Thanks boriscleto... looks great twice!

My collection as of now includes:
K series: 15/3.5, 17/4 fisheye, 24/2.8, 30/3.8, 50/1.2, 55.1,8, 105/2.8, 135/2.5, 200/2.5, 500/4.5
M series: 20/4, 28/2, 28/3.5, 35/2, 40/2.8, 50/1.4, 50/1.7, 50/4 Macro, 100/2.8, 100/4 Macro, 120/2.8, 135/3.5, 150/3.5, 200/4, 300/4, 400/5.6
A series: 200/4 Macro, 1.4x-S, 1.4x-L
GAS list: K28/2.8, A100/2.8 Macro, A*85/1.4, A*135/1.8

JCDoss- you like the old Pentax lenses it looks like. A nice list.

---------- Post added 08-21-18 at 11:13 PM ----------

I have over 100 Pentax and Pentax compatible lenses, some which came in with cameras bought off the internet, others purposely purchased. I think this thread could be made more interesting by asking not how many lenses you have, but how many great lenses you have. Since I am making the proposal, I will start out by culling through my collection and identifying the great ones.

Lenses for full-frame and crop sensor cameras. All are Pentax unless otherwise identified:

FA 31
FA 43
FA 77
FA* 85/1.4
Kiron 105/2.8 1:1 macro
Tokina 90/2.5 1:2 macro
Canon-FD 55/1.2 converted to Pentax

There are about 50 other lenses for full-frame/crop sensor, some that are excellent, quite good, good, and quite acceptable, and only 3-4 that are poor but still useable.

Lenses for medium format cameras:

645 FA 35/3.5
645 D FA 55/2.8
645 D FA 90/f 2.8 1:2 macro
645 FA* 300/4.0
645 FA 120/4.0 1:1 macro
67 105/2.4
67 55/4.0
CZJ Sonnar 180/2.8

There are maybe 25 other medium format Pentax medium format lenses, almost all of them in the excellent or quite good categories and really very few in the poor category.

OK, so I tally up and say that I have 15 great Pentax lenses and another 75 that are very much worth owning and using.

Ivan- good thread. It's true you could ask how many great lenses we have but what would the fun be in that as great is a subjective view for everyone, that's true. Glad to see that you have many great ones and other as well.

[surfar]

Surfar - so of all those K's and m's which ones do you use the most or are you on another system using the Pentax lenses with adapters?

Some just dont get used,they dont yell loud enough "take me,Take me"...Yes the Takumars go with the early Fuji system.The Manual K mounts get spread around.

[shaylouway]

Wow! I really must get going on accumulating lenses! I still manage with only 2 😉

[Mark Ransom]

Wow! I really must get going on accumulating lenses! I still manage with only 2 😉

It's a disease. Are you sure you want to catch it?

[alvaro_garcia]

Ok, without taking into account film cameras and other digital systems, these are the ones I do own to match my Pentax K1:

1× Pentax 24-70 f/2.8
1× Zeiss Distagon 25 f/2.8
1× Zeiss Distagon 28 f/2
3× Zeiss Distagon 35 f/2

Now, taking into account my other digital gear, I do have 6× more lenses (Canon mount).

Plus other 7× compact cameras (APS-C and 1/1.7") with their fixed lenses.

And now talking about film cameras... Ufffffff... I can't remember. Quite a "few" (Fujica, Canon, Olympus, Minolta, Sigma...)