Greetings all,
I have accumulated more lenses than I need and now want to get rid of some in order to acquire more fast lenses and primes, and I am having some trouble figuring out what to get rid of.
I like to keep 2 lens sets-- my good lenses, and a set that I am less concerned about destroying (skiing, traveling to dicey places, shooting in filth.....)
My 'good' lens set consists of:
Pentax, DA, 10-17, 3.5-4.5, Pentax , Da-al, 18-55, 3.5-5.6, To be upgraded to 16-50 f2.8
Pentax, DA* SDM, 50-135, 2.8,
Pentax, FA , 100-300, 4.7-5.8, Not a great lens but only coverage over 200
Tamron, SP-AF, 90 macro, 2.8
My 2nd lens set consists of:
Pentax, SMC-F, 35-70, 3.5-4.5
Pentax, SMC-F, 70-210, 4.5-6
Pentax, FA-IF AL, 28-200, 3.8-5.6
I also have some manual focus primes, including a sears 135 f2.8, an M 50 f/2 and A 50 f/2, as well as an old Tamron adaptall 200 3.5 that is manual.
Here are my questions:
do I get rid of the 28-200 3.8-5.6, OR the SMC-F, 35-70, 3.5-4.5 and 70-210?
are either of the options optically better than the other?
Next question:
how much difference will I see in getting a faster 50 (current one is 2), and what are the tradeoffs involved in going with an auto-focus FA 50 1.4 vs. a K 50 1.2?
I'm going to keep my sears lens, may trade my 50s for something faster in a 50 but can't decide if I should go auto focus or not and if I should work at getting a 1.2 or not.
Also, I have this huge, manual focus tamron adoptall 200 f/3.8. I bought it 2nd hand and haven't used i much but it seems t have decent reviews, so may just keep it though it is a beast.
If this were your lens kit, what would you do? (I am shooting a K7 but also have a K1000 that I sometimes shot hence I don't want to get rid of all my manual focus stuff).
Any thoughts?