Originally posted by Pentax_WA How do you feel about the filter size for this lens? easy to bring them with you on a hike/travel? cleaning?
They are kind of a pain but I put up with them because filters are necessary for landscape photography and I love the lens. The thread is ostensibly about a lens for use for 'travel' but I'm someone who's 'travel' kit is not very light. I value quality over lightness and figure if I can get it into a backpack and walk around an airport with it on my back for an hour without too much discomfit then its fine (then again I am reasonably strong 190cm tall guy - others may struggle). My main camera is a 645z with 28-45. When I want a wider field of view I use K1 and 15-30. When I want a longer field of view I have a Pentax 70-200 f2.8. Those three lenses and 2 bodies is the 'travel' kit I will be using for 3 weeks in NZ at the end of the year and will come on the plane wth me. My 645 55mm and my 24-70 f2.8 will go into checked baggage. Really for family holiday snaps these days my phone is good enough for most things, but for my serious photos I want my serious camera.
FYI I have a gura gear kiboko pack and I have the 645/28-45 with filter holder attached on one side, the K1/15-30 with filter holder attached on the other along with the 70-200. The 150-170 flters themselves actually fit in the front pocket. Honestly if I wanted a really lightweight landscape kit for a long hike I would just take the K1/15-30 with filters and leave everything else behind and it would weigh nothing in a backpack.
BTW I have a review of the Benro system on my website.