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Lenses for pentax K10D? |
Hello All, My first time posting. I'm all set to buy the pentax K10D. I'm just getting started with photography and wanted a camera that I could grow with. My question is concerning lenses. I will purchase it with the 18-55mm, but I would like a lense to do portraits and one for "everyday" use. I have a dog that moves a lot and would like to be able to catch him. Any links that can help me understand the difference between the lenses would be greatly appreciated! Also, would appreciate any links to where I can get good deals on the lenses! Thanks ahead for your help. Don't buy any extra lenses yet. The 18-55 lens is the most commonly used kit lens because it is the most useful for most people. You will have NO problem catching your dog as he jumps around, as this is a function of the shutter speed. If you can't get a fast enough shutter speed (probably 1/250 will do fine), just increase the ISO until you can. I'm sure you won't get up into the danger zone. If you are outdoors, there will always be enough light. If you are indoors, you will probably be using flash. For portraits, the "classic" range on a 35 mm camera is 85 to 105 mm. The 55 mm end of your lens will perform as if it was an 82.5 mm lens and this is right there in the "portrait" zone. This doesn't mean that you must use the 55 mm setting for all of your portraits, as many people like to go outside the "classic" range. One of our pros always mentions that he makes his living with his 24-85 lens. The Pentax lens cupboard is surprisingly bare, I must say. You might consider a Sigma Zoom Super Wide Angle 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Aspherical (IF) Lens for Pentax Digital SLR, which sells for $379 at B&H Photo. The Nikon 18-200 lens is constantly out of stock, because this is such a versitile and useful range. This is one of Sigma's "Red Line" series, which is supposed to be their pro level. Instead of the 18-55, you might consider an upgrade to the Pentax Zoom Wide Angle-Telephoto DA 16-45mm f/4.0 ED AL Autofocus Lens for Digital Camera which sounds like a nice lens based on the one review posted on B&H. Or, if you have just inherited some money, the upcoming Pentax Zoom Super Wide-Telephoto SMCP-DA* 16-50mm f/2.8 ED AL (IF) SDM Autofocus Lens for Digital SLR should be killer. I use the Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 lens and this one should be comparable. The fixed maximum aperture of f/2.8 should be fast enough to catch pretty much anything. ~~~~~~~ Yeah, I was going to mention that 50-200 as a useful range, as my wife has the 55-200 VR for her camera. I'm not versed in Pentax lenses any more, so I am not really the expert here. If you get answers from Pentaxian's (like Clavestone), they will know more about the lens quality than I do. I can only read reviews and pass along the information. Tamron's 28-75 f2.8 is an excellent lens. you can augment the 18-55 with the 50-200 DA lens for a little more reach. |
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