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01-20-2022, 03:50 AM - 2 Likes   #31
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QuoteOriginally posted by D1N0 Quote
I'm at 197 excluding doubles and some mounts I can't use.
Well, now that is a whole lot less impressive than 200.

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well I said 'approaching' There is still one in customs and another one waiting for the seller to return from holiday. So that leaves 1 lens to go, then I can strive for 365 so I can use a different lens everyday (and 1 more for leap years, poor thing) I will probably have to go mirrorless to make it more interesting.
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I think I have more than 9x 50mm's...
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I don't know how this happened, but suddenly I woke up from what looked like a Pentax dream, and asked myself: how did it happen? how can I now have 9 Pentax lenses, when I bought the K1 I swore I would only have 3 lenses?
So now I have 9 lenses but there is no way I can use them all, it's just too much to carry around. But at the same time if I sell some lenses to lighten up my kit, I'll feel like I'll not be able to cover all my use cases.
If I sell my DFA15-450, I won't have anything to cover wildlife/safari/distant landscape situations, so I have to keep it.
If I sell my DFA70-200 2.8, I don't have something equivalent for nice people portrait shots and indoor sports, so I have to keep it.
etc... You hooked me Pentax marketing, it's annoying to think about it.
I have a few observations

-only 9 and you are complaining? You’re just getting started, (I’ve not counted recently, but I am at about 60)
-It’s too much to carry around? Who says you need to take it all with you. Normally for example you do not take indoor sports at the same time as wildlife. Pick your kit to cover what you plan to do.
-Pentax Marketing? Sorry but I’m sure no one here has ever used those two words together
-If and when Pentax comes up with a compatible 2x converter, maybe, just maybe, you could dump the 150-450. I have a sigma 70-200/2.8 EX with the 1.4x and 2x teleconverters. This gives more flexibility than the 150-450, but when my 20 year old sigma ever dies, I will likely replace it with the 150-450


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01-20-2022, 04:42 AM   #35
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As I see it, my full frame primes which are not negotiable at this stage are:

Laowa 12/2.8 Zero-D
DFA 21/2.4 Limited
FA* 24/2.0
K 28/2.0
FA 31/1.8 Limited
Sigma 35/1.4 Art
FA 43/1.9 Limited
DFA* 50/1.4
FA 77/1.8 Limited
DFA* 85/1.4
DFA 100/2.8 WR
A* 135/1.8
DA* 200/2.8
DA* 300/4.0

So that's fourteen.
I have a bunch of other K series primes (15/3.5, 17/4.0 Fisheye, 30/2.8, 50/1.2, 85/1.8, 135/2.5, 200/2.5), which I will probably keep (and develop) for sentimental reasons. I also have a few other 28's, 50's, 85's and 135's, but none of them truly move me.

I don't think I'll keep my big DFA zoom trinity. The new DA* 11-18 and DA* 16-50 are incredible, and the old DA* 50-135 is still good enough. And the DFA150-450 is a crop lens in my book. Add the DA 10-17 Fisheye and the four DA Limited primes and that's crop sorted for me.

My 645 kit is a completely different discussion
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QuoteOriginally posted by Benz3ne Quote
I think I have more than 9x 50mm's...
Don't get @Digitalis engaged about 50mm lenses
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QuoteOriginally posted by Benz3ne Quote
I think I have more than 9x 50mm's...
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30 and counting … and that's not including other "standards" like 45mm, 53mm or 55mm !

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Don't get @Digitalis engaged about 50mm lenses
QuoteOriginally posted by kypfer Quote
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30 and counting … and that's not including other "standards" like 45mm, 53mm or 55mm !
here we go!
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Waits for Pepperberry farm to express incredulity at the concept of too many lenses.....

no, I've had my say about such things - to each his own, I suppose....

the statement about how to carry them all is interesting, however, but I shoot in the Single In and Daily In Challenges and am normally only evaluating one lens at a time....
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QuoteOriginally posted by kypfer Quote
30 and counting … and that's not including other "standards" like 45mm, 53mm or 55mm
Not bad, I currently posses over 200 50mm lenses. That isn't including doubles, and excludes anything outside of 35mm format.You could say 50mm lenses are somewhat of an obsession of mine.


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I knew someone would go ahead and make me less guilty about having so many lenses. 200 50's alone I have just 23 (50 not counting 55 or 58)
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Not bad, I currently posses over 200 50mm lenses. That isn't including doubles, and excludes anything outside of 35mm format.You could say 50mm lenses are somewhat of an obsession of mine.
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I knew someone would go ahead and make me less guilty about having so many lenses. 200 50's alone I have just 23 (50 not counting 55 or 58)
Wow. At the beginning of Covid people stock pilled toilet paper and spaghetti over survival concerns. But I didn't imagine the same could be done with 50mm lenses.
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Don't forget your roster of lenses can become a heirloom and be given to your descendants through your will ... Maybe your lens collection will become a valuable asset in the future.

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P.S. I'm sorry if I have to use bold or oversize letters these days. My eyesight is giving me trouble.
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QuoteOriginally posted by RICHARD L. Quote
Don't forget your roster of lenses can become a heirloom and be given to your descendants through your will ... Maybe your lens collection will become a valuable asset in the future.
This reminds me of a saying about sportsmen, as applied to photographers, "a photographer's biggest fear is that after they are gone, their spouse will sell their gear based on what they were told they paid for it."
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QuoteOriginally posted by biz-engineer Quote
I don't know how this happened
Easy…Pentax made their cameras compatible with all their older lenses! And MasterCard is to blame for making too easy to pay for it.
You know you have too many lenses when you go overseas on vacation and load up your camera bag..and then realize you have to think about what to leave at home…just in case you need it. Worst part was that I had a jam packed camera backpack that I took overseas 2 X for family related get together, and then due to circumstances beyond my control I think I took 10 photos. Ce la vie.

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Don't get @Digitalis engaged about 50mm lenses
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