What an interesting few days. The 50-150 is sold and the funds mutate into the DAs 21/3.2 Limited and Sigma 105/2.8 macro, and the DA16-45 is converted to a DA50 f/1.8! It's clear from the number of 18-55 and 16-45 lenses in my history that I find these two interchangeable, especially with a good sensor whose ISO talents can compensate for the slower 18-55.Deals have been too complicated to tell if a net $ gain or loss occurred on all the above, but more gear will depart in the next few months, once the K-5 comes home from the service trip I have planned for it. The SMC-A 24mm is definitely out of work now that the DA21 is coming to town.
So here is the latest scoreboard:
- primes: 8 fisheye, 21, 50, 70, 105 macro, 400 (8 & 400mm both manual focus)
- zooms: 18-55 + 50-200 WR, 28-90 1:2 macro, 100-300 f/4.5-6.7 (latter two full-frame)
- bodies: κ-5ii, K-01 (white with white 18-55 DAL), K-5 (injured reserve)
