To my eye, this old pentax lens has less flare than the newer Canon. Of course, the shots are different. I've always wondered if Pentax "SMC" is really better, but I'm beginning to suspect it is.
I have 5 third party primes and one third party zoom. Particularly, with the zoom, there are shots I don't take because flare is so evident in the viewfinder.
With one of the primes (the Phoenix 100mm macro), there have also been times I didn't shoot for the same reason.
How 'bout it folks, is SMC hype or real?
Caveman wrote:
Rüdiger Neumann wrote:
Hallo and interesting comparision, but the flare is bad on the Conon lenses. Would be a Pentax 50mm better?
This is the worst I ever took out of the Pentax M 50/1.4:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/vdonisa/Scan9a.jpg http://www3.sympatico.ca/vdonisa/Scan13a.jpg
No filter or hood.
cheers!
