15mm DA Limited Test

After October, I didn't shoot much. Then Pentax offered a photowalk & I tried out the 15mm DA Limited lens. I read all sort of nice things about this lens online. How it has pixie dust and I had a bit of lens buying addition kick in. Only things that held me back was I wasn't about to spend so much on a lens.

It is a nice little lens. Small and light. Once mounted to my camera, I started holding my dslr with just my right hand. Although it is a gem of a lens, it is quite hard to use since I'm not used to such wide angles. And my composition is rather crappy. With the 15mm DAL, it became more apparent to me.

With software nowadays, you can correct almost everything except motion blur, mis-focussed and composition. You can do much with a badly composed photo. You get all sorts of things in the frame.

Anyway, here are 2 shots with this lens.
 

And old tree
 

With help from an experienced eye, I was guided to get this shot. I would have missed it totally.

A wide angle lens is an interesting lens. You really have to move around to get the proper angle, lighting and a host of other distractions out of your photo. One more thing. You have to be literally in someone's face to to get close enough.