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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 05-05-2013, 11:42 AM  
Expensive primes vs. budget zooms…personal experiences and advice
Posted By reeftool
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When I first bought my K10D several years ago, I got by very well with the DA 18-55 kit lens and a Sigma 70-300 along with some old Takumar primes that went back to my Spotmatic. If you're shooting in good light and stopped down to f/8-f/11 most of the time, you may not see a big difference. I still use my kit lens and the Sigma. My first purchase (besides very inexpensive MF glass) was the DA 10-17. Why? I love the fisheye look and I always wanted one. The 10-17 got me exploring wide angle shooting a lot more and within a year, I added the DA 15 Limited. I do a lot of car shows and those 2 lenses get used a bunch. My next purchase was the DA 40 Limited. Again, it was based on needing a fast autofocus lens with a somewhat "normal" field of view. I should mention that at the time, the DA 40 Ltd. was relatively inexpensive, around $300 new. An f/8 landscape shot is much sharper with either of these lenses but I didn't buy them for that purpose. I still use the 18-55 as a walk around simply because of the convenience of having a zoom with that range. I'm a strong believer in buying lenses that I will use. There is a lot of exceptional glass out there that I just can't justify buying because it doesn't fit in to my photography right now. My 2 Limiteds remain just 2 because I just don't know how much I would use the others. Maybe the DA 21 but I think I would get more use out of something in the 24-28mm length. I have a 28mm Super Tak I use a lot and would love and have considered an AF lens in that size.
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