I'm looking at a few different lenses to round out my lens arsenal.
Currently I have a 10-17 Fisheye, 16-45, 50 F1.4, 55-300, 18-55 kit digital lenses...to go with my K10D and KM (K2000 in USA).
I've thought about the 12-24 but at $1299 Canadian...forget about it.
I've been thinking of the Pentax-DA 14mm F2.8. It's fast at F2.8, 14 mm...sort of wide angle...think around 35mm equivalent of 21 mm or so.
I understand that a good prime is generally sharper than a good zoom, so I wonder if the 14 mm is worth getting, considering it's 2 mm wider, faster @ F2.8 as opposed to F4 and a very good (I'm assuming) prime vs what I consider to be a very good zoom...my 16-45.
I like my 16-45 as I find it's sharp and although wide angle, I wouldn't mind having something a bit wider.
I find my 16-45 is much sharper than my 18-55 kit, which I rarely use.
I recently bought a Pentax 10-17 mm and although I haven't used it on vintage cars yet (winter here in Canada) I plan to try it...working the angles to weed out as much distortion as I can.
I usually take pictures of vintage special interest cars, hot rods, motorcycles...also landscapes.
Will I notice a big enough difference in the wider field (14 vs 16) of vision, sharper, clearer pix (prime), better performance at low light ?
Last edited by lesmore49; 12-05-2009 at 11:22 PM.