tamron pentax 28-75mm
I have a Pentax K10D and a Tamron 28-75mm 2.8 lens Extra Lens … What should I buy incredible landscapes?
Jahtierney Hello, for landscapes, usually have wide angle and you want the goal of being able to provide many details. And no need for a general purpose fast (like f/2.8), because normally you want a lot of depth of field, and often shot on a tripod, and unless you're shooting landscapes at night, usually a lot of light anyway. Your Tamron 28-75/2.8 is an excellent objective, but not the K10D Wide. 28mm on a APS-C is equivalent to approximately 42 mm on a 35mm camera. It is in the normal range which is about 40-60mm, depending on whom you ask. In the wide end of normal, but normal. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_lens This is excellent for landscapes that are part of a normal field of view, but probably often want a wider field of vision. Especially when you say "amazing" landscape. This is often an extreme view of wide-angle landscape design – And the clouds above them – look amazing. I looked at the Pentax 12-24mm. Excellent image quality and angle wide. I keep getting the Sigma 10-20mm, because of the poor test results at the end of width. It would also avoid the cheap Pentax 18-55mm. That does not offer the kind of resolution it probably will. You would be better with a not old, used, manual focus, wide-angle zoom lens. Another good option is the Sigma 12-24mm, since it is an objective Full frame, you can also use the 35 mm film cameras (and of course 35ff Pentax digital SLR if they are always one), for a wider field of view. In a film camera 35 mm, this lens is the most straight (not fish eye) lens ever made. And surprisingly for a wide-angle lens has little distortion. And through the openings that offers excellent image quality (which is a bit soft in the minimum opening if it is cleaned well with unsharp mask in post-treatment Los). If you do not already guessed, I have this goal and, at best. However, I bought it before they announced Pentax 12-24 and could go for the Pentax if it had been available then, because it is smaller in size and weight, and sharper performance to the minimum aperture. Another good option would be Pentax 10-17mm fisheye zoom, because it would be much broader than anything that precedes, and fish eyes are very easy to "de-fish" in the post-treatment. You lose a little resolution in places where the image when you do, because the image that extends uncurve, So if you intend to very large expansions do not want to go, probably with a fisheye lens. The Pentax 14mm (no zoom) would be an interesting option and of excellent quality, but I suggest you begin with the flexibility of a zoom, then going to a lens, it later if you decide that going to his shot. Also on the horizon is the Tamron 10-24mm, which is not yet available for Pentax, but should be around year, if this goal Tamron following typical deployment schedule. BTW, I also recommend getting a high quality tripod, if it does you no longer. The stabilization Image is certainly nice to have, but even the best image stabilization is not sufficiently stable as a good tripod. And that usually matters if you want "landscapes impressive. Good luck and enjoy! Greg
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