Hello everyone.
I own a SLR like machine, Fuji s6000FD and it is time for me to upgrade.
I am from Turkey and DSLRs and lenses are twice the cost in here according to USA.
I have a chance my friend in USA can bring me a new machine.
I will have no chance to buy a new item for a year and no chance to refund for a bad copy lens.
So I must choose very carefully what I will buy. I hope some may help me with my decision.
I intend to shoot landscape, nature and product photos(that is macro).
I like low light photos. Portraits are not primary subject, for now.
I read pages and pages of forums and examined the photos in pentaxgallery.com again and again. Especially after seeing the premium photos, I thought that some zoom lenses are veeery nice but, like, not exactly at there. Their shoots are 9/10.
But when I see some photos from a prime lens, I said that's it, I'm hooked
They are 10/10 and I think it's the difference between 9/10 and 10/10 that's matter and the distance between 9 and 10 is much more than 1 point
Hence, I decided to go for the primes.
So, my list:
Pentax K20D Pentax 14mm f/2.8 DA -- for landscape
Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 -- for low light and some portraits.
Pentax D FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro -- for macro and medium telephoto
I would like to add the 31mm f1.8 to list for generic/street use but it will push my budget for sure. I may add a DA* 30mm or 31mm f1.8 next year.
I liked the DA* 16-50mm very much but there are so many bad copy complaint which I can't take the risk.
Your opinions are suggestions are very wellcome.
note:sorry for my un-native English.
Last edited by apemen; 08-28-2008 at 02:49 AM.