I think Doug Brewer either has or *wants* the FA 35/2.0 AL Either way, I know he's used it and is very impressed.
"Bob Rapp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From my experience, the K35 f2.0 is sharper than the M/A f2s. The K3.5 is >the sharpest of the manual focus lenses and the auto focus FA 35 f2.0 AL is >reported to knock that marvellous lens over. > >Bob > >-----Original Message----- >From: William D. Sawyer > > >35mm is my favorite focal length for general photography. I like the >perspective better than a "Normal" lens. I also like the speed of an f2 >version, as it allows me to shoot in many of the spots "walking around" >lands me in. > >I currently have the "A" version of the 35mm f2, which I got at a very good >price. I'm VERY disappointed in it's performance, as evidenced by a series >of shots I recently took of some old buildings with very weathered wood. >The grain in the wood simply is not sharp. It was shot with XP-2 rated at >400 in daylight, so the lens was well stopped down, probably in the f8-f16 >range. I was using a Super Program, motordriven, on a monopod. Likely >shutter speeds in the 1/60-1/250 range. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
