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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
02-27-2011, 08:07 PM
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Good choice. Photography can get very expensive, especially when you start buying lenses, unless you really want to spend thousands of dollars on glass. The vast majority of folks here are not professional photographers, but you'd never know it by the way they talk. So be careful when listening to the pro wannabes or you'll end up spending a poop load very quickly. The best way to approach this hobby is with some restraint and budget of how much money you're willing to put into it. Then think about your goals and what tools / lenses you need.
In every hobby there are value packed high performance alternatives that seem to defy the law of diminishing returns. The DA16-45 is such a product. Don’t let anyone have you believe otherwise.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
02-27-2011, 04:50 PM
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Oh yes, why of course... The DA15 Delusion. Had it and done with it! ;)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
02-27-2011, 03:32 PM
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No sir, you are the one who doesn't know what you are talking about as I never mentioned the 16-50. ;)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
02-27-2011, 02:53 PM
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CA - nothing that a little bit of PP can't take care of.
The barrel distortion is hardly evident.
Neither of these two points justifies the premium one must pay for the DA15. The fact is in the real world of taking pictures and not looking at numbers, I cannot for the life discern with my own eyes any appreciable difference with shots taken by those two lenses. Glad I fell off that wagon and sold mine. The DA15 is ridiculously overrated - largely due to the novelty of shooting the sun - which gets old real fast. Yawn.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
02-27-2011, 07:37 AM
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But they come at the cost off having only one focal length. The fact is you can't always zoom in (or out) with your feet and if you can, buy then you may have lost the shot. And unless we're talking about pancake primes, the size difference hardly matters. So whatever perceived advantages one may have with prime lenses, they are out weighed by their limitations / disadvantages.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
02-27-2011, 05:41 AM
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IMO, yeah - I think primes are more nostalgic than about the last word in IQ. One quick case in point... I sold my DA15 immediately upon seeing the exact same shot taken with the DA16-45 (which btw sells for about half the price of a DA15).
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