[nitehntr]

any advice on a wide angle zoom to use on the K1 i cant afford the DFA 15-30 for the foreseeable future so i have to look used since no one seems to be making K mounts for the time being thanks for any advice.

[kooks]

Depends how wide do you want it.. but the 19-35 Tokina could be an option and is fully FF... also the Tamron 12-24 works as a FF lens from 15mm to 24mm

[photoptimist]

The Sigma 12-24 DG is pretty nice, extremely wwwiiidddeee, and works well on the K-1. The only downsides are the f/4.5-5.6 aperture, large size, and only accepts little slip-in filters in the back of the lens.

[aslyfox]

if you go to the top of the page under "lenses" you might find some useful information

good luck

[Sandy Hancock]

Fa20-35

[jatrax]

FA 20-35 f/4 it was designed to be the "wide angle zoom" for film. Small, light and uses common size filters.

[Tas]

There's an FA 20-35 for sale in the forums right now. Same forum member has listed several options if 24 / 28mm is wide enough for you.

I also saw a thread post over the weekend where the Sigma 12-24 had come up for sale too, that lens was in Germany.

Tas

[gabriel_bc]

Fa20-35

There's an FA 20-35 for sale in the forums right now.

This is the one you want! It's a stack of FA primes...

[clackers]

I've dabbled lately with both the FA 20-35:



and the DA12-24 f4 using the longer end from 18 mm:

[interested_observer]

... in the mean time while you are deciding on a lens and then acquiring it - you can shoot stitch panoramas as wide as you want, with any lens that you might have handy. Microsoft ICE is a free (as in beer) download and works well.

[surfar]

Sigma 10-20 with a FF 1.4x TC....giving 14-28

[gaweidert]

Well, I have an old Polar (Samyang) 18-28mm that seems to work reasonably well. I also have a DA 12-24 that works fine from 18-24mm.

[Rudy]

Sigma 12-24 DG full frame, the latest version available for Pentax, if you can find one.

[DeadJohn]

The Tamron 10-24 is effectively full frame in the 15-24 range. In the 10-14 range you can use 1:1 crop to get extra vertical height if the shot calls for it.

[Bob 256]

I can second that recommendation on the Tokina 19-35mm. I have one that I've used for some time. The other day I was exercising my new K-1 with it and came across a yellow-bellied marmot. I really needed a tele but it was out of reach so I shot him with a 35mm F.L. in MTF program mode. I thought, well that might turn out ok but when I got the file downloaded, it was great. By cropping, the print looked as if it had been shot with about a 150-200mm lens with little loss of detail or quality - a keeper (the attached file is lower resolution than the original but still looks fair).

I've seen this lens on ebay for around $100US but not in a Pentax mount so you might look around to see if you can snag one. Not fast and vignettes a bit unless stopped down (and needs thin filters on the 19mm end), but good little lens for the price.