| Latest Review Posted | HD Pentax-DA 20-40mm F2.8-4 Limited DC WR
For me, this is a great lens. And I may be the only one who actually likes the strange zoom range, but I do. First a little background. I have all the DA limiteds and use them whenever I have the time to play around with composition and enjoy shooting - which mostly means whenever I am by myself. When I go out with group of non-photography friends though, or whenever the weather isn't exactly right, I would end up going out with my 18-135. Which is WR and very small for the zoom range, but slow, not very great optically and no fun to use. It's much more fun to use limited primes (limited in more then one sense), because creativity often comes from that limitation. With 18-135, I just get complacent, zoom from where I stand and shoot.
But 20-40 changes all of that. It's a zoom, but still very limited. It gives me that possibility to go from 20-40 without changing the lens, and it gives me beautiful photos, very much comparable to limited primes.
It also creates beautiful travel kit with other DAs. My goto ultra light travel kit could easily be 15 for wide angle, 20-40 as basic walkaround and WR lens if it starts raining, 70 for short small telephoto. Replace 70 with macro for little extra reach and macro at the price of added weight. Or with 55-300 for real telephoto. Can't ask for much more. See I do like to travel light.;)
Scared by reviews here, I did some of my testing when I got the lens. It's sharp as sword in the center! And, I do not think there's a significan... |
