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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-06-2018, 11:17 AM
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Hey All,
What do you use as your walk around lens for street photography. The idea is you leave the bag at home and make do with only one lens while out walking around taking photos.
The reason I posted the emphasis on bokeh was to steer the conversation in that direction. I know any zoom lens would be great like the 18-135, but I am more interested in near focus bokeh background shots. Which requires a large aperture. After searching around I really don't see a good lens to suit that need aside from the 31mm f/1.8 but that's above my budget and probably most people sitting at $1k new.
With the crop sensor K-3ii the 35mm prime is good but a bit narrow with the conversion pushing it above 50mm equivalent on FF. Which has me looking around 31mm and below. I was interested in the 30mm sigma's but everything I read says the purple fringing is just unbearable to work with. The pentax 21mm would be nice but that f/3.2 would make bokeh shots difficult.
So currently I am using the 35mm f/2.4 or my 24mm f/1.4 samyang. The samyang is rather large to be used as my walk around but it does give me some wonderful photos. I dont mind the manual focus but I do enjoy the on camera aperture settings. Most of the shots I am looking for require manual focus anyway.
So what is everyone's experience with street photography? What lens do you gravitate toward. I am pretty satisfied with the Samyang 24mm but its a bit large for walking around in crowds. In that sense I love the 35mm f/2.4 but its a bit narrow at times. Does anyone use the 30mm Sigma lenses and have good experiences with them?
I attached a few photos of mine to show the type of photography I am referring to (all taken with the 24mm). But I am interested in anyone's experiences with street photography.
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Forum: Pentax Price Watch
09-23-2018, 06:34 PM
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Forum: Travel, Events, and Groups
07-09-2018, 06:29 PM
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Awesome thanks for the info. I sent to my wife to take a look. Shes better at planning all these trips out haha.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-16-2018, 06:39 PM
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I love seeing legit reviews of Pentax. They always come out with nothing but great things to say. Even unbias comparisons are rare but wonderful as well because Pentax almost always wins. The CameraVille youtube channel has some good videos displaying pentax capability.
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