K10D wrote:
Not intending to steer this thread off topic, but some previous comments caught my attention.

"Tamron 17-50 with the idea of some unobtrusive street shooting"

"Primes are definitely the way to go for size and unobtrusiveness photography"

Does this mean general shooting scenes rather than say individuals as my street lens is currently the 50-135 SDM and would normally be my 70-200 Ex Mk1.

Both lenses allow unobtrusive shooting as the subject does not see me in close proximity or at all.

This works very well. When I do use shorter glass, people often notice and react totally different. People will often see you with a camera at your eye if your close by, often not if your twice as far away.

That said, it's good that we all have our different ways of getting results. My better shots of Souq beggars have often been off the hip with a wide angle as I walk past. You cannot point a camera at them from face height.

Best regards

K10D wrote:
Care to elaborate as I missed the K20 and got the K7 to use alongside my K10.

The K7 is not light years ahead of the K10. As far as IQ goes, non of the Pentax DSLR's are light years ahead of my istD. Slightly different yes.

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