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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-07-2018, 02:05 PM
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I find I buy lenses for two distinctly different reasons.
Reason #1; need. I needed a macro, so I bought a Vivitar Series 1 90mm, (it was available at a very good price). I needed a wide angle
so I bought a DA15. I needed a portrait lens, so I bought a FA77.
Reason #2; desire. Well made tools are a pleasure to use. There is an immense satisfaction in the use of a well built all metal manual
lens. Old MF lenses have a wonderful tactile quality that no AF lens can match. Optical performance is another matter entirely and modern
lenses are often better performers. But there is a disconnect with autofocus, and even when set to manual, modern lenses usually don't
have the same dampened feel of an older lens. To that end, my LBA targets primarily older lenses, not new. New lenses are purchased
for a need. Older lenses are purchases out of desire. And of course, older lenses can perform too. Quite often they are more enjoyable
performers because of their faults; that quality we often call 'character'. Exploring a lens' character is also one of the joys of acquiring a
new-old lens.
I certainly don't need any more manual 50mm's. I have over a dozen different nifty fifties. Strictly speaking, one should satisfy my need.
I've tried to pare down their number and find I still desire to keep at least 5 or 6. And yet there are still many, many 50mms that I have
never tried, so I'm sure LBA will land a few more in my collection.
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