I think even 21mm might be too wide and prefer 24mm or 28mm on APS-C for landscapes. These focal lengths present a nice "natural perspective". When using my DA12-24 most shots end up at the 24mm end. When I see vistas taken with the 15mm, the landscape tends to lose its dynamics -- features are "pushed away" from the viewer and disparate elements end up reduced to a similar scale.

Wider views work best for interior spaces, city streets and anywhere there is a strong frame to stabilise the image for the eye. That's where the DA12-24 rocks and presumably the DA15 as well. The DA21 is popular with street shooters and that makes total sense. I have a Vivitar 24mm f/2 I use for that purpose.

Just buy the FA77. PF is there but is not a problem.

I too sweated the purchase of this lens, since it blew my budget to the other side of the galaxy. I have never for one moment regretted it. It is the last lens I would sell.

If you swap out the FA43 and FA77 what you'll be missing are two of the three best reasons to own Pentax. These lenses render like no other, not to mention the stop of light you'll be losing.

Thanks for that!

Better than resorting to the ones that can only stare and stare... they scare me!

If you have the extra $650 it looks like it might well be worth it. If you do not have the extra money, it is not worth it.

I find the K-x displays quite useful, really and never miss the top panel. It's as easy to use in full manual as one would expect of a camera constrained to a single dial.

The design of the K-r appears based on the K-x. You have to use the ISO button on the back. After this you can either use the back dial or the left/right buttons to change the setting.

Justa -- I know what you mean. It looks unreal because it is unreal -- just an image of what really was. It looks cut out and stuck on because that's what lenses and cameras do. They make separate things that our eyes merge together.

This way lies wisdom.

I have read some that prefer the IQ of the K and some the A, some who tested the K as sharper and some the A. I imagine they are identical, really, other than the usual sample variation.

This is the sort of thing one can do wide open. And yes, I should retouch the burnt lower petal lips.



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