[aslyfox]

didn't only kill the cat

it can lead to knowledge and more knowledge can be good
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I have a small modest collection of lenses

PRIMES

SMC Pentax-DA 21mm F3.2 Limited
Kino Precision Japan Kiron 28mm F2 MC P/KA
SMC Pentax-DA 35mm F2.8 Macro Limited
SMC Pentax-DA 40mm F2.8 XS
SMC Pentax-DA 40mm F2.8 Limited
SMC Pentax-DA 50mm F1.8
SMC Pentax-D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro
SMC DA * 300mm F4 ED (IF ) SDM

ZOOMS

HD Pentax-DA 16 - 85mm F3.5-5.6 WR
HD Pentax-D FA* 70-200mm F2.8 ED DC AW
HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm F4.5 - 5.6 ED DC AW
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HD Pentax -DA AF rear converter 1.4 AW
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I can justify all, at least to me, but I find that I rarely use the 28mm nor the 50mm
but I keep them because one is F2.0 and the other F 1.8

do you have lenses you don't use a lot and if so, why do you keep them?

[ remember that posts to this thread will help toward the count in July and August ]

[CharLac]

Hi, my name is Charlie and I have an M200mm and I keep it because I am a hoarder

[swanlefitte]

Why 2 40mms?
I have a few lenses I don't use. My sears 80-200 never gets used. I keep it because it's a 1 touch zoom. My 18-250 just in case I want the super zoom. My 50-200 for wr back up.

[robiles]

Oh boy. The list of lenses that i own and use is a lot smaller the thet ones that i own and dont use. The reason is i like like to own lenses, and also as a sort of investment, because most of them are bought for below average price (for example a bought the pentax 16-45 fir something like 80€).

I also like to just look at my old manual lenses, and look better than deco crap people ussualy buy and display in their houses (a crown favourite in Romania is a really ugly fish, but i am sure it is not a local thing)

[Fogel70]

I have many lenses I do not use very often, but if I sold them I would waste my money on even more use-less stuff.

[aslyfox]

Why 2 40mms? . . .

about 2 weeks ago I found a price on the limited in the forum's market place I couldn't pass up

so I have the " best in its class " XS

and the limited


[ at least for now ]

[robiles]

Why 2 40mms?
I have a few lenses I don't use. My sears 80-200 never gets used. I keep it because it's a 1 touch zoom. My 18-250 just in case I want the super zoom. My 50-200 for wr back up.

I also have 2 lenses of the same focal lenght, but they are 35mm (plastic fantastic and limited) but i am not the type that sells lenses, and they are different totally: one gets used, the other not.

[FozzFoster]

I've been working towards selling the gear that I don't use.
I only keep lenses that I use regularly and also a very small vintage lens collection - but it used to be much much bigger
I sell the lenses I don't use regularly to save for lenses that I actually want to use!

[CharLac]

I've been working towards selling the gear that I don't use.
I only keep lenses that I use regularly and also a very small vintage lens collection - but it used to be much much bigger
I sell the lenses I don't use regularly to save for lenses that I actually want to use!

I wish I could be like you

That said, I do give some of my less used stuff to my daughter as she is now using my K-7

[aslyfox]

I also have 2 lenses of the same focal lenght, but they are 35mm (plastic fantastic and limited) but i am not the type that sells lenses, and they are different totally: one gets used, the other not.

here is the link to the In Depth Review of the three lenses:

40mm limited

40mm XS and

35mm F3.2

Pentax DA 35mm F2.4 vs 40mm XS vs 40mm Limited Review - Introduction | PentaxForums.com Reviews

[FozzFoster]

I wish I could be like you

:P selling some of the stuff is hard.
Recently I've sold some of my Super-Multi-Coated Takumars...
The only one I kept from that set was the S-M-C 50 1.4, but I sold the 28, 135, and 200 S-M-C Taks.
.....and I only cried the whole drive home...

[IgorZ]

I have lenses that I use rarely, but it's because I usually get lenses for à specific purpose. For example, Helios 40 produces a beautiful swirly bokeh, but it's just too big and heavy, and swirly bokeh is not something that I want all the time. So I have lenses that I use rarely, but I don't have lenses that I don't use. (aside from those I am trying to sell)

[honey bo bo]

do you have lenses you don't use a lot and if so, why do you keep them?

I have a Takumar - A 28 mm f2.8 to keep forever. Its the last of my 80's gear that wasn't sold or stolen. It goes in the box In The "Vault" with my Scout Badges, Sea Cadet Stripes , Piece of Gold from 4000 foot level of Pickle Crow Gold Mine, trumpet mouth piece, City "at -a - boy" plate etc etc. Or in short what my Beneficiaries will call "what the Hell is this Stuff Box"

[jddwoods]

My rarely or less frequently used lenses are:
1. F 28mm f2.8, used infrequently but when I want a prime at that focal length it is still a valuable lens.
2. DA 70 Limited, also used infrequently but when I want a prime at that focal length it is still a very valuable lens.
3. DA* 200, also used infrequently but when I want a prime at that focal length it is still a very valuable lens.
4. M 50mm f1.7 and FA 50mm f1.7, used infrequently but when I want a fast prime at that focal length (or don't mind manual focusing for the M) still a valuable lenses.
5. DA 17-70, SDM dead, replaced by DA 16-85. I am still deciding what to do with this one. Gets no use and no love. Not worth the effort of trying to sell this one lens which has little value.

[savoche]

I guess I don't use all my lenses very often. But I don't sell. Selling is just... wrong

Besides, no sane togger would have just one 50mm lens, right? Right?

Ok, ok, I'm hoarder. Satisfied?