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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-17-2015, 10:23 PM
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Maybe it's because I learned shooting when a normal 50mm was really a 50mm (film days), but 50mm now is just too long for me. It's a 75 on APS-C. 40mm is also too long, being eq. to a 60mm. Why do they make those lenses as if they were still "normal"? Because optically, they are easy focal lengths to make. The 35's at least get you down to around 52mm eq on APS-C, but the prime that has been most useful to me has been the 21 Ltd. because it splits the difference between the old standard 28mm and 35mm. The 20-40 Ltd zoom is really an "expanded normal," in my opinion, giving you the "old-days" range 30 to 60, and prime-like IQ. It's versatility as a normal prime replacement in the Pentax lineup is way underestimated. If I could get only one thing in the "normal" neighborhood, the 20-40 would be it.
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