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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
07-13-2013, 06:15 PM
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Well, if you're a landscape photographer, of the kind who'd use the venerable Zuiko 21/2.0 - then Pentax has actually made an almost perfect replacement in the DA 15mm Ltd lens (albeit a teeny bit slower, it's perfect in every other respect, and even more flare resistant than the 21/2.0). And, regardless of what kind of photographer you are, coming from the venerable world of Zuiko lenses, you will want the FA 31mm Ltd lens also - it is, by far, my most used lens - it surpasses by a long stretch even the Zuiko 50/1.2....I'm also a great fan of the DA*55/1.4, it reminds me of my old friend, the Zuiko 85/2, except being faster and rendering even better.....
As for stuff to stay away from....well, I am not well versed in older Pentax lenses, but from among the currently manufactured lenses I've had nothing but disappointments from the "AL" lenses - those I've seen have been close to useless as camera lenses. I'm sure that someone will chime in with positive experiences with the "AL" lenses, but so far I've had none so that's to be wary of, I'd say.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
07-13-2013, 01:17 AM
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You're saying that you're moving from Oly(mpus) to Pentax? A kindred spirit, I used to be an Olympus user too, until they had shown so much disrespect for their SLR users (OM 707 - really, that's the best you can do, and all you're going to do?) that I jumped ship. As I've said repeatedly, when I jumped, I jumped for the lenses (specifically, the 31/1.8) - and took the camera bodies that'd fit on the back end of those :D
Pentax makes great lenses (and a few inexplicably crappy ones - to steer clear of), and quite good bodies too (although I wish they'd hire Maitani-san's reincarnation to design their bodies).
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