a few days (and early holiday sales!) makes.
Last week at this time the primary kit = κ-01, DA16-45/70, and Sigma 50-150, no backup.
Once the packages arrive it will become κ-5ii, DA21/50/70, and Sigma 105 macro, κ-01 backup! No doubt a step up, though the wide zoom is now a white DAL 18-55!
Strange days indeed.
The DA50 has arrived; it's quite a nice lens and feels better than most when focusing manually. I had heard that, now I know it! It also focuses rather close relative to other AF primes I have tried. I'm not certain this can find a place so close to the DA70, but for now it's a nice addition; perhaps the DA35 will turn out to match better with the 21 and 70, or a DA40xs might make a timely appearance. To look at it another way: with 1/2 stop more light and very good images, will the DA50 allow the 70mm enough room to shine?
Whatever wins out, for the next few months it will not be allowed to bother me.
DA21 and the II are now here. First camera tests are promising, I took a photo in deep shade and focus locked nicely with the 50/1.8. So far so good! The DA21 has a bit of a reputation as a less-than-razor-sharp lens that does best at closer focus, and this copy seems to be the same. I shall try some AF adjustments to see how it goes, but razor sharpness does not make an ordinary image into a great one (and software can assist) - so I do not expect this to go badly. The 21 looks enough like 18mm to be acceptable as the widest lens other than my fisheye 8mm, so the 18-55 can pretty much stay locked to the K-01.
