I own 35/3.5 MF version. I love the lens ... very good. Almost no distortions. Got from KEH a bargain for approx USD 350.
New AF version is even better. Gasha Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Speaking of Pentax 645 ... someone has offered me a Pentax 645 with > 35mm lens at a very low price. I'm tempted ... seems like a 645 > analogue of my Hassy SWC. Always liked 645 and 6x6 with a wide lens. > > How good is the 35mm lens for the 645? anyone have any experience > with it? > > Godfrey > > On Oct 28, 2006, at 4:00 AM, Bob Shell wrote: > >>As I've mentioned before, I've done a lot of work for National >>Geographic on books. For these books we had our pick of photos from >>their archives to use. Photographers who work for them have used >>everything from Leica thread-mount cameras to large format. I >>specifically remember a number of images we looked at that had been >>taken with Pentax 645. I don't recall any 35mm Pentax shots. Those >>were from Leica and Canon primarily in the most recent years, lots of >>Nikon in earlier times, and a good bit from Olympus OM systems. Now, >>as with all photography, their photographers are transitioning to >>digital. > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net