Fun with my DA 20-40mm

**Wingincamera** · 08-07-2015, 01:24 PM - **3 Likes**

Last weekend we had our church picnic where I of course had my camera, K-5 II with the DA 20-40mm lens attached. Besides great food, we also had games. Some involved water. Here is a couple of shots where I got caught in the water fight with a bucket of water thrown at me. No problem, I just wiped off the lens with a micro cloth and kept on shooting. Love that WR of our Pentax.

**hjoseph7** · 08-07-2015, 01:27 PM

The clarity of this lens is amazing. According to some reviews many thought this lens was going to be a flop, but I love mine.

cali92rs · 08-07-2015, 03:42 PM

Originally posted by Wingincamera

Last weekend we had our church picnic where I of course had my camera, K-5 II with the DA 20-40mm lens attached. Besides great food, we also had games. Some involved water. Here is a couple of shots where I got caught in the water fight with a bucket of water thrown at me. No problem, I just wiped off the lens with a micro cloth and kept on shooting. Love that WR of our Pentax.

Nice shots

I see you have a 18-135mm and this 20-40mm...when would you use one or the other?
Just curious because I have been eyeing this lens (it is very nice to look at

) but I just don't know when I would use it.

**Wingincamera** · 08-07-2015, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by cali92rs

Nice shots

I see you have a 18-135mm and this 20-40mm...when would you use one or the other?
Just curious because I have been eyeing this lens (it is very nice to look at

) but I just don't know when I would use it.

The 18-135 use to be my all purpose lens and I could have used it for the picnic but the 20-40 was already mounted. The 18-135mm now only gets used when I am not sure of the weather or I might want the additional reach. These are my only WR lens I have. Three times when I went to my granddaughter's rugby games it was raining fairly hard and I used the 18-135. When we went to Yellowstone the 18-135 stayed on the camera because of the weather, wind. We were in a sidecar rig, so no place to change lens out of the weather. I didn't have the 20-40 at that time, but even I did have it the 18-135 would have been on the camera.
The 20-40 gives better quality photos, is a little faster, and the broka is much better. Some times when I am not sure what focal length I want to use I will mount the 18-135 to find what I like, probably take a photo with it, but then mount a prime lens if I have one that fits. If a longer length is required, I have the 70-200.
Before Pentax I used a Canon 5D and my favorite lens for landscape was the 24-70 at about 24mm or 70-200 at about 150mm, and the Pentax 20-40 gives me something fairly close the focal length I used with the Canon.

I don't know if I answered your question, I tend to ramble on sometimes.

dcpropilot · 08-07-2015, 05:35 PM

Outstanding photos Wingincamera!!

08-07-2015, 01:24 PM - 3 Likes	#1
Wingincamera Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pine Haven, Wyoming Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,182	Fun with my DA 20-40mm Last weekend we had our church picnic where I of course had my camera, K-5 II with the DA 20-40mm lens attached. Besides great food, we also had games. Some involved water. Here is a couple of shots where I got caught in the water fight with a bucket of water thrown at me. No problem, I just wiped off the lens with a micro cloth and kept on shooting. Love that WR of our Pentax.

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hjoseph7 Site Supporter Join Date: May 2014 Location: Minnesota Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,046	The clarity of this lens is amazing. According to some reviews many thought this lens was going to be a flop, but I love mine.

08-07-2015, 03:42 PM	#3
cali92rs Veteran Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 3,354	Originally posted by Wingincamera Last weekend we had our church picnic where I of course had my camera, K-5 II with the DA 20-40mm lens attached. Besides great food, we also had games. Some involved water. Here is a couple of shots where I got caught in the water fight with a bucket of water thrown at me. No problem, I just wiped off the lens with a micro cloth and kept on shooting. Love that WR of our Pentax. Nice shots I see you have a 18-135mm and this 20-40mm...when would you use one or the other? Just curious because I have been eyeing this lens (it is very nice to look at ) but I just don't know when I would use it.

08-07-2015, 04:57 PM	#4
Wingincamera Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pine Haven, Wyoming Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,182 Original Poster	Originally posted by cali92rs Nice shots I see you have a 18-135mm and this 20-40mm...when would you use one or the other? Just curious because I have been eyeing this lens (it is very nice to look at ) but I just don't know when I would use it. The 18-135 use to be my all purpose lens and I could have used it for the picnic but the 20-40 was already mounted. The 18-135mm now only gets used when I am not sure of the weather or I might want the additional reach. These are my only WR lens I have. Three times when I went to my granddaughter's rugby games it was raining fairly hard and I used the 18-135. When we went to Yellowstone the 18-135 stayed on the camera because of the weather, wind. We were in a sidecar rig, so no place to change lens out of the weather. I didn't have the 20-40 at that time, but even I did have it the 18-135 would have been on the camera. The 20-40 gives better quality photos, is a little faster, and the broka is much better. Some times when I am not sure what focal length I want to use I will mount the 18-135 to find what I like, probably take a photo with it, but then mount a prime lens if I have one that fits. If a longer length is required, I have the 70-200. Before Pentax I used a Canon 5D and my favorite lens for landscape was the 24-70 at about 24mm or 70-200 at about 150mm, and the Pentax 20-40 gives me something fairly close the focal length I used with the Canon. I don't know if I answered your question, I tend to ramble on sometimes.

08-07-2015, 05:35 PM	#5
dcpropilot Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vermont Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 941	Outstanding photos Wingincamera!!