On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: >> >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:59 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >>> >>> Where do you rate the 55/1.4? >>> >>> Sharp, soft, exotic or not close enough to 50 to count? >> >>> From what I've seen, the 55/1.4's on the border of the exotic range >> >> price-wise. What I've seen from it looks good, and it's better than >> the FA 50 at wide apertures, but I don't think it comes close to >> justifying its price over the other options in K mount (all three of >> the excellent 3rd party fast ~50-ish lenses are notably cheaper than >> the 55/1.4, with similar performance. Pentax is not in a position to >> demand a price premium over Zeiss) > > But /they/ don't have SDM or the incredibly sexy felt-lined lens hood. :-) > > The 55/1.4 has become my default carry lens. I shoot portraits, indoor music > gigs, outdoor flowers, in the rain, you name it. LBA never got me a better > buzz. > > -bmw
The Sigma's got HSM (proper ring-type USM, faster than SDM), the rest are MF, but oh so nicely damped focus throws. Frankly I think the DA* 55's a damned good lens, but it should be $6-700CDN, not $900CDN. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
