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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
02-28-2012, 11:56 PM
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Wow... I got pretty similiar path :) K200d, some familiy shots, K5, thinking about photo academy, and some experiments with lens (see sig).
What I have came to:
1. If you want image quality - go for limiteds. Buy one (or borrow, any of them), and do not take it from camera for one week. During that time do some shooting. You will understand difference....
2. Do not experiment with older manual lenses - there is some more experience required in picking them, judging and finding the exact "thing" you were looking for. It is far better to save money and invest in something better. As a friend of mine said: If you save on buing items, you will pay twice. He was right. I do not say they are bad, but you do need some good "eye" for them.
3. Buy lenses only after missing some shots. I have sigma 70-300 APO DG Macro (3yrs), and after Gymnastics championships last weekend, I have decided that it is far to hard to get a decent picture. Soooo... waiting for bonus and looking for telephoto candidate (sigma 70-200 2.8??)
So taking into account your gear, I would start from FA77/DA70 or Samyang 85 (does some terrific "objects" pop-outs in portraits) and it costs pennies compared to other lenses... unfortunatelly - it is manual.
I would be very much hesitating with wider lenses for portraits, if only as said Verglace - for fun. The reason is here: Untitled Document
BTW - You forgot to post pictures.
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