Originally posted by derekkite Yes. I used the 150-500 last summer with very nice results. I use the DA*300 most of the time. Light is quite limited during the winter.
Derek - I'll have to take a look at your gallery.
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Originally posted by northcoastgreg I think a general rule applies: keep the one's you use on at least a semi-regular basis. I have lenses, for example, that I never use and never want to use (DA 18-55 I, M 28/2.8, M 50/2, Vivitar 80-200/4.5). They're hardly worth the trouble of selling, which is another issue.
I'll keep a lens if (1) I like what it produces (particularly in terms aesthetic qualities, not just sharpness or other numerical specs); and (2) It fits my shooting style. I don't own any fast wide angle or normal FOV lenses because I don't need fast aperture at those focal lengths. I don't own the DA* 55 or the FA 77 because I'm not a portrait shooter.
One of the reasons I've wound up with so many lenses is that I prefer primes but sometimes require the focal range versatility of a zoom. So I have landscape prime kit (DA 15, M 20/4, K 28/3.5, K 35/3.5) and a landscape zoom kit (FA 20-35, FA 24-90). I have two primes for critters (DFA 100, DA* 300) and a zoom for critters (Tamron 70-200). Then there are the specialty lenses as well (K 50/1.2, F 85/2.8 Soft). All these lenses get some use. Some, like the DA* 300 and FA 20-35, get a lot of use. Some, like the DA 15, the K 35/3.5, the K 50/1.2, and the DFA 100, I wish I could use more often, as they are stellar lenses but aren't needed that often. That's the chief problem with having too many lenses, particularly too many superb lenses: there's glass that's bound to get neglected, unjustly.
Greg - I can relate, I only 3 zooms, Tokina 20-35mm 2.8, Sigma 18-250, and DA 55-300 I find for the last several months I haven't used the zooms but prefer shooting with the primes. I know I miss shots but sometimes I don't mind missing the shot, you can't catch everything. The K 50/1.2 is something I would love to see but locally here there's a couple for sale in the $500 range and I just don't think it's worth it especially since I have the Tak 50 1.4 early version which I find has fantastic rendering.
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Originally posted by sumx4182 Sigma 18-250
Sigma 70mm Macro
Pentax 40mm XS
Pentax 50mm A f1.7
Pentax 50mm DA f1.8
Samyang 8mm fisheye
So 6 at the moment.
In the next few years, I can see myself adding the Sigma 18-35 if it ever get's released. I'd like to fill in for fast wide primes for indoor kid photos. I might dump the Pentax 50 A at some point cause I got the DA due to AF and I don't need 3 lenses that cover a 10mm span. It's hard to justify selling it on ebay or something for like 60 bucks considering that doesn't put a dent in getting anything new.
Sumx good that good that you have a small number of lenses. I found that I just wanted to try out a few lenses then I sold them to pickup more interesting lenses. I got lucky on some M primes which I picked up for like next to nothing and then sold for the forum prices here locally. If I didn't I'd have over 50 lenses in one year and that is way too much of a bad habit, lol
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Originally posted by dansamy Well, when she starts taking pictures for eBay, then you know she's had enough!
Dansamy - that's too funny.
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Lister - you like your zooms
Originally posted by lister6520 Five, eleven or fourteen depending on what you include.
The DSLR ones I actually use (most used on top) , all of them AF K-mount:
Pentax 18-135 WR
Sigma 150-500 OS
Tamron 90mm F2.8 Macro
Sigma 50mm F1.4
Tamron 10-24
I also have some other SLR lenses some of which I use occasionally and others hardly ever if at all.:
Tamron 18-250 - K autofocus
Samyang 800 mm cat lens - screw mount (M42 I think) with K adapter
Pentax 18-55 DAL kit lens - K autofocus
Ricoh 50mm F2 K-mount manual
Tokina 28mm F2.8 K-mount manual
Vivitar series-1 70-210mm K-mount manual
For the Q I have three:
Pentax 02 Zoom lens
Canon 11.5-90mm TV zoom lens (C-mount) - I don;t use this much but it looks awesome on the Q10 :-)
Unbranded 50mm F1.4 CCTV lens (C-mount)
The Tamron 18-250 usually lives with my K-r and goes with it when I lend it to someone.
I also have two old teleconverters and one AF with contacts but haven't found them at all useful and converted the two non AF ones into extension tubes.