Originally posted by bschriver11 A fast fixed lens would be great for baby portraits and you can pick up a fast 50mm lens without breaking the bank, or go for one of better 50mm lenses if your budget allows. Even the cheap 50mm lenses are excellent..
thank you for your reply. but I do need model number for the 50mm lens, I am a beginner really.
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Originally posted by PJ1 Welcome to the Forums from "downunder". The K-70 is a good DSLR by all accounts and the 18-55 is also a good general purpose lens (I have an earlier version of it). But asking for suggestions and advice here can be inviting overload.
Having said that, and without knowing much about what your future uses (or budget) might be, I can only suggest a good portrait lens (for the new addition to your family. The Pentax FA 70mm or FA77mm (fairly expensive) would be excellent choices, but I find that on APS-C a 50mm lens can work well. That opens up a lot of choices, particularly if you can work with an older 50mm f1.4 or f1.7 lens. They can be quite inexpensive. The Pentax M50/1.7 is very good. But check out the lens reviews here. For the Northern Lights, maybe a nice wide angle. I don't have much experience with wide angle (a Sigma 18-200 covers my needs at that end), and the 18mm end of your 18-55 may be all you need to start with. But others will have better ideas than I can offer - particularly if they do astro or northern lights photography. Bu sure to post your pics here!
A big thank you for the detailed information. my budget for the extra lens (lenses) for used ones are around 300 in total. if one lens can do it all then I can spend 300 all on the same lens or I have to share the money between the lenes. I am only new to the lenses so I do not want to spend a lot of money on a wrong new lens.
model number is important to me so I can so a little bit research.
one question here about the FA lens isn't F means film camera use?
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Originally posted by UncleVanya That's an honestly tall order... There are a lot of portrait lenses options from primes to zooms. What budget?
Also northern light is astrophotography and coma and astigmatism start to be an issue that needs to be considered. Loads of options there. Typically the Astro lens will be wide angle bit not always.
300 Canadian is my total budget for two purposes, currently working on the portrait lens, the northern lights lens I can wait. don't think I will have any time to do it for a good while once the baby is here.
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Originally posted by kshapero May I suggest the 35/2.4? Really a great lens selling for under $100.
thanks a million. but could you give me a detailed model number or link? 35mm 1: 2.4 is that what you mean?
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Originally posted by kshapero great ! just added to my cart. now start researching on other lens recommended above.