Originally posted by Pentaxor hmmm....then I'd suggest that you think it over. the reason is, you dont want to spend money on a lens for such a limited purpose where you could buy other lenses which are great for other purposes that you might need more. I dunno what your lens line-up is, but would be interested to know what you have and what you shoot most of them time, aside from feet. I'm not saying that the DA12-24 or Sigma 10-20 are not good lenses, but rather the reason for having one is not that warranted especially when your 16-45 can do it. you don't have to shoot further away just to shoot people's feet. just tilt your camera in different positions and angle and you got yourself a full-figure. you can shoot her up close from 3ft vertical or from 5 ft vertical with enough allowance.
Yes, it's time to file those T4's and get some extra money from your own money. but I think I would reserve it for a future FF body or the upcoming Sigma lenses.
I should explain this better.... I am looking for a good lens to photograph with in a crowded room. I only mentioned feet in passing, but a lens that would allow one to take a photo from a minimal distance without leave enough room for people to walk between you and the lens and also would be wide enough to give you the feel of a small room. I like to have my camera with me a lot, and I don't like to have to move away from a group just to take a photo with the 50 or 70. I really like the range of the 18-250 or the 16-45, but I was hoping there was something smaller to fit on my KX like the 70 or 50. Plus, I often like to leave my camera out so others can pick it up and shoot a picture or two, and often they are intimidated by a zoom lens on an slr.
The holes in my lens are sub 14mm and greater than 320mm. I have been thinking about a mirror lens, but really I am happy with either the DAL 55-300, Tak 200, M 75-150 or the CRAP 70-320.
I don't keep many lens, really I would love to be able to rent them, but I just view the postage paid before I resell the lens as the price of finding my 'fav' set of lenses.
I like the idea of the FF, but is there a firm date on that yet? Last thing I saw was a dark japans page with no English and a shape of a camera that may have been a FF or a med format, there was much debate on the post as to which it was.
I have a spotmatic with a 28, 55 and 200 which is great... just want to move that feeling to digital... (don't we all!)