[Pablom]

Focal lenght wise you are not covered only on ultra wide, which not everyone likes. In my case, the 15 Limited controls my mind...

[Paul the Sunman]

DA 15. Couldn't live without it.

[FantasticMrFox]

It obviously depends on your needs, but if this was about me I'd get:

A fast, high quality walk-around prime for street and documentary:

1) Pentax DA 35 f/2.4 (budget option) or Sigma 35 f/1.4 ART (fantastic option)

Or update your normal range to something better than the 18-55 WR kit. Depending on whether you want either more range or a faster aperture:

2) Pentax DA* 16-50 f/2.8 SDM or wait for the Pentax DA 16-85 f/3.5-5.6 DC WR

[manstanox]

Really interesting question ... because I have (or had) almost the same set of lenses - what does one do with a Kiron???


My expansion path was - first a Sigma 10-20 for the ultra wide view, then a DA 35Ltd for the high quality normal plus some close focussing, then the DA 70 Ltd for high quality short telephoto. Am still in the grip of LBA and have just bought a (used) DA21.

[normhead]

DA 21 and Tamron 90 macro.

[northcoastgreg]

I'd dump all the zoom lenses and replace them with the DA 10-17, the DA 17-70 (or maybe the new DA 16-85), and the Tamron 70-200 f2.8 (or the DA* 60-250 f4). Then I'd begin filling out the line-up with primes as needed (DA 15, DFA 100 Macro, DA* 300).

[ChristianRock]

You didn't mention what kind of photography you do. Is it portraits? Is it family and friends? Is it landscapes? Street photography? Architecture? Travels? Or are you just starting and you don't really know what you want yet?

[rRnt]

Right now I am looking for something to cover most of the 17-100mm gap between my 10-17mm fisheye and Sigma 100-300mm telezoom. I would like the new lens to be WR, so I think I will wait for the new 16-85mm WR and decide between that and 18-135mm WR. That way the most of the range would be covered with minimal number of lenses without compromising IQ too much. In my eyes, that would be the ideal basis for possible expansion with primes later.

[Imp]

Wow, I completely forgot I had this thread, and just now found it. Fascinating responses guys, thanks everyone!

Hard to say without knowing what you use and what you wish you had. You very wide angle. You also have some lenses that you might want updated replacements for, the fa 80-320 for instance might be nice to replace with the da 55-300.

1st - the idea was what you would expand to for your purposes. 2nd - thanks for the advice, already done! I'm waiting for my HD DA 55-300

You already have a "Stack of Primes" in the 35-105.

Yup, I love it... except for the lack of autofocus. Constant Aperture is really nice too.

Again, thanks everyone!

[Flugelbinder]

Wow, I completely forgot I had this thread, and just now found it. Fascinating responses guys, thanks everyone!


1st - the idea was what you would expand to for your purposes. 2nd - thanks for the advice, already done! I'm waiting for my HD DA 55-300


Yup, I love it... except for the lack of autofocus. Constant Aperture is really nice too.

Again, thanks everyone!

A good choice. I just got the DAL version and it's very good optically - and looks so good on the camera... You can almost think of it as a constant 4.5 all the way to 170/180mm, which is one of the reasons I got it...

[Imp]

I just got the DAL version and it's very good optically

But how about mechanically? I mean the autofocus. How would you rate the focusing?

[Flugelbinder]

Slow but accurate. It can hunt a bit in very low light, but if you notice it, just stop pressing the af button (or the shutter button, depending on how you focus) when you're close to the focus plane, and press it again. I've found that it stops the hunting and locks faster. Since yours has the Quick-Shift function, you can even use it to get closer, and then auto focus.

[Imp]

ok, thanks!

[Flugelbinder]

No problem. Have fun!