Hi Andre:
It is interesting what you say about the K35 f3.5 lens. I have actually acquired one recently in a like new condition. I used it last weekend and tested it for ghosting pointing the upper frame corner at the rather brilliant sun (the snow and ice desert of the completely frozen Georgian Bay) and sure enough a small circular ghost does appear in the lower left corner. That is a very small ghost, but nevertheless it is there. The performance is still very good indeed compared to other well known lenses which are low in flare and ghosting like my Nikkor 20 mm f:3.5 which displays a somewhat larger and more disturbing ghost similarly positioned within the frame. My K50 f:1.4 displayed a significant "ankh-like" ghost under the same conditions - somewhat reminiscent of my Nikkor 50 mm f:1.4. Still the Pentax ghosting was less disturbing in the viewfinder that the Nikkor. I will look carefully at the negatives to see if this has more to do with the lens or the viewfinder. For a camera I used the newly acquired ME Super from Tom.
Cheers, - Andrew.
So the 35/3.5 has a little ghost after all! I tried your test once but with the SMC Takumar and I did not noticed anything. I might have made my test too fast, sure enough that I would find the same results as Pop or Mod Photog (contrary to what I said in my previous post, the SMCT was said to be ghost-free and I extrapolated to the K). Noe, maybe the SMCT is different (and really ghost free). I'll have to check this again with a SMCT.
Regards,
Andre
From: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 13, 2003 12:35 AM The K 35/3.5 (and the Takumar version) is said to be totally ghost-free. A test (Mod or Pop Ph) revealed that shooting directly at the sun with it, it's not possible to see any ghost wherever you put the sun in the frame. I tried it and it's true. I have not tried it with multiple night spots but it should respond the same way. This could be the only lens to performs like that though.
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