Asside from all the arguments over which are superior manual or AF lenses if we come back to the original post regarding the A 20mm f/2.8, how useful do you think AF really is at 20mm?
John ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Quasi Modo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 02:12:05 +1000 Subject: Re: I'm surprised that this one didn't attract a single bid > I saw your sig and just had to take it up a level - you followed it > as fluidly as if it were metered and focused in SAFOX VIII itself. > I'm all for economising on lens expenditure, and not waiting ad infinitum > for a lens release. I've seen a lot posted in several places about > the superior optical quality of manual focus Vs AF lenses and have > seen the arguments lose their legs within 100 characters. > > As such, without putting too fine a point on the human instincts to > collect or economise then justify, let's just keep a spade a shovel > on manual lenses. > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:45:29 -0500 (EST), Cory Papenfuss > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Quasi Modo wrote: > > > > > Cory, if I had a buck for everytime I've had people talk lovingly of > > > older, "quality" glass and end up not being able to cite, then > > > convincingly explain why, more than three cases of the AF version of a > > > given lens is inferior to the manual mount, I'd have a lot more AF > > > lenses, at current eekbay prices. Take away the quality factor and > > > you're back to build quality arguments, which are about as interesting > > > as watching the D/DS write raw files to memory cards. > > > > > > > That's an impressively convoluted sentence, but note I never made > > the claim that older glass is necessarily "better" than new glass. I can > > tell you for sure that as far as I'm concerned it *is* better because I > > cannot afford to get high-quality new glass. > > > > -Cory > > > > ************************************************************************* > > * Cory Papenfuss * > > * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * > > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * > > ************************************************************************* > > > > ------- End of Original Message -------
