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Comment by Hypermodern posted on For Sale Pentax DFA100MM Macro WR at 04/08/2018 - 13:20
I'm having a lens buying amnesty until the end of the year, but the 21 Limited is definitely on my 2019 hit list.
Comment by Hypermodern posted on On no, I've been converted! at 04/07/2018 - 12:51
Thanks Nigel. Is there a downvote button?
Comment by Hypermodern posted on Wide advice? at 26/04/2018 - 21:54
It's very tempting, I like the size a lot. I think this is the lens for the photographer I want to be but maybe not for the photographer I am in practice. I'd end up using it at f3.2 all the time - is it good wide open?
Comment by Hypermodern posted on Wide advice? at 26/04/2018 - 10:48
Thanks. I'll definitely have a closer look at the Tamron zoom - light, versatile, inexpensive and good IQ sounds right up my street. Do you use it indoors?
I agree the Sigma 18-35 sounds great on paper, but the autofocus issues seem really bad. Doing a quick Google it looks like the Canon guys got a firmware update that improves things, but no such luck for Pentax.
I agree the Sigma 18-35 sounds great on paper, but the autofocus issues seem really bad. Doing a quick Google it looks like the Canon guys got a firmware update that improves things, but no such luck for Pentax.
Comment by Hypermodern posted on Wide advice? at 26/04/2018 - 10:05
Hello all, been a Pentaxian for a few years (K50 and K3ii) but only joined the forum recently. I need some help...
I would like a lens to bridge the gap between my Sigma 30mm f1.4 (old version without HSM, picked up because when my babies became toddlers I needed something faster than the 35mm f2.4 for indoors), and the 10-17 fisheye (so far used mainly for fun architecture and baby photos). I would like something wider than the 30mm but fast enough that I can still use it indoors. Apart from baby photos I do as much opportunistic street as I can whilst pushing the buggy and there is the small matter of my brother's wedding coming up, it's the small registry office bit before the big day and he wants some ceremony/family formals/couple portraits.
I mostly shoot primes, but I'm not averse to a zoom. I do have the 18-135mm but I find it's not fast enough for moving targets indoors. I've been looking at the Sigma 17-50 f2.8 but not sure if this is too big, the equivalent Tamron but maybe this is just the poor cousin of the Sigma, the 21mm Limited but a bit worried about f3.2 indoors, I had thought about the DA 12-24mm but I'm not going to be a landscape photographer any time soon. Help!
tl;dr - need lens for APS-C wider than 30mm, fast enough to shoot moving targets indoors.
I would like a lens to bridge the gap between my Sigma 30mm f1.4 (old version without HSM, picked up because when my babies became toddlers I needed something faster than the 35mm f2.4 for indoors), and the 10-17 fisheye (so far used mainly for fun architecture and baby photos). I would like something wider than the 30mm but fast enough that I can still use it indoors. Apart from baby photos I do as much opportunistic street as I can whilst pushing the buggy and there is the small matter of my brother's wedding coming up, it's the small registry office bit before the big day and he wants some ceremony/family formals/couple portraits.
I mostly shoot primes, but I'm not averse to a zoom. I do have the 18-135mm but I find it's not fast enough for moving targets indoors. I've been looking at the Sigma 17-50 f2.8 but not sure if this is too big, the equivalent Tamron but maybe this is just the poor cousin of the Sigma, the 21mm Limited but a bit worried about f3.2 indoors, I had thought about the DA 12-24mm but I'm not going to be a landscape photographer any time soon. Help!
tl;dr - need lens for APS-C wider than 30mm, fast enough to shoot moving targets indoors.
Comment by Hypermodern posted on Wide advice? at 26/04/2018 - 07:07
Is the DA*55 still available?
Comment by Hypermodern posted on CLEAROUT! K-1 body (+grip), DA*55mm 1.4, Tamron 70-200 2.8, Tamron 17-35mm f2.8 and more! at 13/04/2018 - 09:10
