Pentax DFA 21 2.4 . Sony G 20 1.8

Lothman wrote:

zakaria wrote:

flektogon wrote:

Alex Sarbu wrote:

flektogon wrote:

MightyMike wrote:

Your reasons may well be valid for you, however I can't use the Sony on my Pentax so despite it being so good I'll have to look elsewhere. That said I'm still not sold on the 21Ltd even though it will be a very nice lens and I'll stick with my old but very good for what it is good at Sigma 24mm F1.8 EX DG. I still have a gap between 15mm and 24mm on FF that doesn't need to be filled but if the right lens comes along it can be filled.

Well, you could mount such a Sony lens on your Sony camera. The question is not "if" but rather "when" you have such a (or similar MILC) camera. Next year? In the next 10 years? In the next 20 years?

Contrary to popular opinion, buying Sony cameras is not unavoidable.

Alex

Oh yes, Sony camera would be my last choice. Doesn't matter how advanced are their cameras (and as I am very conservative I dislike their "advances" ), in addition they are the worst cameras from the ergonomy point of view! Canon, Nikon, Panasonic can make far friendlier cameras! But yes, the Pentax ergonomics stands above all.

Me too i will never buy a Sony camera. It has the worst ergonomics and the ugly bodies besides the very ugly Canon RP.

I moved from Pentax to Sony years ago a did not regret it for a second. I have no clue what you are talking of. All brands are different and each manufacturer has its own philosophy of camera layout. The differences between manufacturers are so small that they for sure do not limit the photographer.

I would agree in general .. although .. I have a6300 and I don't like it that much. Many things that one can do so easily with Pentax can't be done. But I bet that the newest higher end bodies are fine (any brand).

When you take a foreign camera in the shop it will feel "non-ergonomic" because you are not used to. With the custom buttons you can configure a Sony so that you never have to got to menus, but that may take an afternoon. Same with the K3iii you find several threads here of people complaining that this camera is difficult to operate. And you find those who were able/willing to adopt and now love their K3iii.

DFA 21mm LTD is my dream lens for street photography. Sharpness is not my main factor to buy a lens it is only the rendering so iam love Pentax and stick with it.

That's the problem of Pentax, limited lens selection and no third party support with modern AF lenses. So bugs like bad corner sharpness of expensive lenses are talked nice and are called "the only rendering" ;-).

It would be fun to have a bunch of pics at same focal lengths and let folks judge whether the can find out which manufacturer it was taken and if the can find their "brand rendering". I believe this would be more guessing than identifying.

I agree with this .. there is many great lenses out there. I got to Pentax 20 years ago because of lenses .. and very reasonable prices.

But .. I am a bit afraid that Pentax is just too small to keep developing great modern lenses that are fast, light, high-resolving, yet well corrected and fast focusing. In addition, long flange distance means that they'll have disadvantage in wide-angle lenses.

At the end of the day though .. it is about how much you enjoy shooting and the absolute quality of a lens is not what makes a beautiful image. For me, the Ltds are just enjoyable to use, greatly made and I don't mind that they are not optically perfect.