RE: 58mm normal lenses I think these 58mm lenses existed for one or two reasons:
1. 58mm allowed 100% magnification thru the viewfinder 2. 58mm was minimum focal length possible without having to resort to a retrofocus optical design. I think they disappeared for one reason: 1. 58mm is too long for a general purpose lens on 35mm format, 40-50mm is much more versatile... JCO -----Original Message----- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 5:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Odd Focal Length On 1 Dec 2004 at 7:19, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > I was looking around the Valley antique mall in Richland Center, WI, > last weekend. They had an X-700 system on the shelf. The normal lens > included was the MC Rokkor-PF 58/1.4. It was an older Rokkor with the > chrome aperture ring. So I guess Pentax isn't alone with odd lengths. I have a Rokkor 58/1.2 on my old SRT303 Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
