Boz,
My comments are on the M50/2.
> Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 04:56:38 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Bojidar Dimitrov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: KLD: M50/2 and A50/2
> Hi
> I am collecting opinions of the following lenses. I will summarize the
> answers in the appropriate pages of the KMP.
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> SMC M50/2
> SMC A50/2
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> What is your opinion of these lenses? Are they any good? What do you
> use them for? What do you like about them? How well built are they?
> How is the handling (weight, size, etc.)?
I've had two examples of the M50/2 lens. I used them for general picture
taking, a lot of outdoors stuff. ( See Below ) I liked their small size and the
always excellent SMC coatings.
Since both were obtained used ( One was very muchly "Abused" before I got it.
), I can say that they displayed good build quality. They handled well, but
looked smallish, on the K1000's that I had at first. A M50/2 made a fairly
compact match with my ME Body, it was obviously designed that way.
> How about optical qualities: resolution, contrast, color, distortion,
> bokeh, light fall-off, etc.?
My chief complaint ( No suprise ) was the lack of a low end. They worked well
as long as you had plenty of light. My oldest boy and I used them on K1000's
to shoot a Baloon festival. The pictures were good, but there were several dusk
shots that didn't work. No noticeable aberrations.
> Can you make better pictures of them than the ones that I already have
> on the KMP? Is there any piece of information about these lenses that
> I am missing that you can provide?
Can't, I sold them when I first "discovered" eBay and replaced them with a
M50/1.7 & M50/1.4.
> Please post your answers to the PDML. TIA,
> Boz
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