The only reason I stayed with Pentax , and have always come back to Pentax was...….. the Lenses.
I still have several from my late teens in High School, and acquired a bunch more due to LBA until the numbers have become "absurd"......lol.
However..... recently I began using FA and DFA lenses and wonder what Decade (or century) Ive been hiding in for the last twenty years or so ?
Have I just been kidding myself over vintage Legacy Glass being Soooo Good...….for way too long ?
Does shooting Only Legacy glass somehow make me a more traditional Photographer ?
How badly have I limited myself by using only Legacy Glass ?
Does being a Legacy Prime Purist benefit me in ANY way ?
Honestly ? Does anyone really enjoy swapping out Primes continually ?
Im getting Tired of it !
Im the one always saying....."Hold On"....."Wait"....."give me a second to change lenses"...… "now Don't Move"...…..its UGLY !
My Landscape Photography has improved......But everything else has become a Hassle and a Big Pain !
Somehow I keep thinking that what I started out trying to "BE".... and had idealized myself as being a Manual Mode Purist.....has in reality been mixed in with a healthy dosage of Vintage Glass LBA , and vintage Prime Lens buying OCD.
Ultimately......I have limited myself and not grown at all !
I resisted "change" for so long.....and I don't know why ?
15 years behind the rest of you on digital bodies ?
10 years behind on PP and photoshop ?
5 years refusal to use modern coatings and lenses ?
This hasn't helped at all , and has really hindered me...…..until now !
Just what have I become ?
Another "Old Photography Duffer".... stuck on Vintage Glass from 3 decades ago that will Not accept change ?
Adam..... was the one that did a Review of the DFA 28-105 lens and got me started on this "Change" Im going through.
And a simple purchase on E-Bay of a DA 20-40 limited 2 days later did the rest , all this was what got me to actually think about lens choices !
Ive gone from 63 lenses (that's Right , NOT a Typo) in my FF Kit......Down to 10 (two of which are recent offerings) !
In my APS-C kit Im down to 6 lenses Total , with one Currently offered model lens.
Its very Painful in one way freeing myself from LBA , and Vintage Glass Prime addiction...….but in another way its quite "liberating" and I wonder why I didn't do this at least a decade ago ?
Has anyone else had to go through the growing pains like this at an older age ?
The "Pain" of selling a SMC-K 50mm f1.2 and a SMC-A 50mm f1.2 lens was the absolute hardest to handle.....However I think it was worth it...….I DONT Need either (never did). The rest is easy from here on out.
Last edited by Ronald Oakes; 06-23-2018 at 10:49 AM.