I'm with you Boris. I'm not the target for this lens, the 77/1.8 and the 50/1.4 greatly cover the low amount or portraits I do. I can see the logic behind this lens: a replacement for the 85/1.4 in APS-C, but I don't think Pentax is going to sell many, I might be wrong, and that's usually the case when I'm not interested in a lens. I imagine it has been designed with portraiture in mind, and the design has characteristics that make it useful for that purpose, but I don't know how large can be the group of Pentax users that need this lens and that haven't already bought an alternative; I would've preferred them to get out that 30 prime that is in the roadmap, and I know most people want it to be a fast lens, but I prefer a pancake (we have the 31 already for speed).
Anyways, photos look good, and I'll also sit and hope in the future I can understand the need for this lens too. On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Larry, Fernando, Christine. > > Well, Larry, I bought this lens in order to try its optical qualities as > indeed at f/1.2 I fail to produce consistently good images. Sometimes it is > soft and sometimes it is quite sharp, while I cannot still tell why. > However, I just realized that last 3-4 months I've been shooting exclusively > with this lens and I don't even think of other lenses when I need to prep my > camera for a walk or a short local trip. I only shot Tamron 28-75/2.8 few > times when I had to shoot an event for Galia's class. > > IMO, sensor development has nothing to do with it. For all I care, any lens > that is f/2 or even f/2.8 (if sharp wide open) is fast enough. For example, > Tamron 28-75/2.8 is absolutely up for any reasonable job with my K10D. > > So, honestly, though Pentax need to have modern 50-something/1.4 lens, I > don't understand the price and I don't quite understand this new DA* 55/1.4 > optic. Though I hope I will grow to understand it. > > Boris > > > > Larry Colen wrote: >> >> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:22:50AM +0200, Boris Liberman wrote: >> # Fernando wrote: >> # >I know some people here is anxiously waiting for this lens: >> # >> >http://surfdoc.blogspot.com/2009/02/sample-shots-with-da-35f28-ltd-and-da.html >> # I still maintain that good ol' A 50/1.2 is way better than this lens # >> ;-). Though of course one has to oneself these things that are done # >> automatically nowadays. >> >> I've been jonesing for a 1.2 for a bit over a year now. On one level, >> I don't understand why Pentax doesn't dust off the A 50/1.2, put an >> autofocus motor on it and sell that. On the other hand, if sensor >> speed follows Moore's law, doubling every 18 months, f/1.4 to f/1.2 is >> about one year's worth of sensor development. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
