I guess I should lecture you a little more. First off, the bokeh on the 24mm is probably of little consequence since wide angle lenses are rarely used in situations where superb bokeh is a necessity. Second, the 3 limited lenses are known for having relatively harsh bokeh even by Pentax standards due to the other areas they excel in, such as 3 dimensionality. Third, 3 of those lenses are telephotos, with the 100 being a Macro lens. Presumably it has at least decent bokeh. The only lens there that I would expect to have superb bokeh is the FA* 85 1.4. So you tell me, does it suck in this regard, or is it excellent???
-That Guy -----Original Message----- From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 12:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FA* 80-200/2.8 discontinued? Canon & Sigma have more crappy bokeh do not make Pentax good, but relatively better only. But thanks for lecture. I feel sorry for myself that I can only afford so few and so low end non-finest Pentax lenses like FA*24/2, FA31/1.8, FA43/1.9, FA77/1.8, FA*85/1.4, FA100/2.8, FA*200/2.8, F*300/4.5. I should be ashame of myself. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan >I have a Tamron 90mm SP AF lens that is widely regarded as having some of >the best bokeh ever, some have said better than comparable Leica primes. >On >close comparisons I found that my Pentax SMC-F 50 1.7 has equal bokeh, >seems >to be slightly finer even. We can talk all day, but I've seen the goods. >Sure my old Takumar 200 lens occasionally rendered out of focus highlights >with hard edges, but in general that didn't happen. That lens is also 40 >years old and a telephoto. I've seen plenty of crappy Bokehs from Canon >and >Sigma, which is more along the lines of whom Pentax competes with. If you >haven't actually used Pentax's finest, then there is no sense in comparing >Pentax to a fine quality manufacturer like Zeiss. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the MSN Premium and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=htt p://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
