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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-31-2011, 06:21 PM
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Great thread, but I wonder why I find things to be the opposite from everyone else. I had purchased a number of lenses new in the early 80s so part of the reasoning for ditching Canon and going back to Pentax was that I could use these lenses once again. I decided that I should probably have a few better lenses to go with a new digital, so I picked up a DA*16-50, and I finished the set with a DA*50-135 and DA*300. Nice lenses for sure but if I want to nail a shot, I had to set the lens to manual focus as auto focus is too darn slow to a point where it is hopeless.
I then decided to add the FA LTDs to get past the speed issue with SDM. I've had 2 copies of the 43 ltd, the 77 ltd and one of the 31. Speed is a little better than the DA*s, but I hate trying to control *what* is in focus when the camera is trying to do that for me. I like the 77, but found the 31 and 43s to be flat, so they went off to new owners.
I went to a family members 90th birthday party over the summer. I spent some time walking around with K series lenses, but I decided to finally walk around with the DA*16-50. Ironically, the pictures from the K85 are wonderful and the ones from the DA* are nice and sharp, but have more of a point and shoot feel to them. Feedback from family confirm that the shots from the K series lenses have a much better quality to them.
Perhaps it is what I am doing with the lenses that makes the pictures, but I don't understand why people seem to love the newer lenses and why they seem to get good reviews.
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