Re Pentax lenses, check out PUG Pentax Lens Gallery: http://gemma.geo.uaic.ro/~vdonisa/lensgal.html
Maris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Geraghty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 5:31 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: OT: Places to ask about lenses? | Hi Alex! | | > Rob, there are many Mailing Lists and Forums available online | > for any major brand (Canon, Minolta, Nikon and Pentax) where you will find | a | > lot of that brand specialists who can surely advise you about the brand | and | > third-party lenses you would go with. | | Thanks. Someone sent me an address to subscribe to a Pentax list and I've | asked the question there. | | > regard. I don't know which camera system do you use, so will hold from | > speaking particularly about something special. | | My current SLR is a Pentax MZ5. I have two old K mount lenses, 50mm and | 28mm, and two FA lenses, 28-80 and 70-300. | | > One word only: basically all 28-80 (especially those of f/3.5-5.6) are | > so-called kit lenses produced especially to e sold in kits with low and | > low-mid specified bodies. They featured by very cheap glass capable of | > delivering mediocre results, since the main goal of such lenses is the | > lowest possible price rather then quality. | | Sure, I'd expect that. The 28-80 zooms are essentially thrown in for free | when you buy the camera. | | > In optics the rule: "you get what you pay for" has almost 100 % meaning... | | I'm usre this is generally true, although I imagine there's such a thing as | limiting returns. I find it hard to believe that the price difference | between the Pentax 50mm f1.7, f2.8 and f1.4 lenses would be obvious in the | results. I'd like to have at least one lens I *know* is as sharp as I can | afford. | | Rob | | |