On Apr 30, 2010, at 07:37 , Adam Maas wrote:
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.
I'm sorry, but a 55mm ƒ1.4 lens should not cost more than $300,
period. And I feel that's pushing it. The design is a gazillion years
old. SDM can't cost more than $10 to design into a production lens
barrel, and flocking in a lens hood goes back to the earliest days of
still and motion picture photography. Big woop.
Can anyone with fact explain to me why a this lens should cost as much
as a K-7 body? ($899, Amazon Special of the week in early February)
I thought not. :-)
As an aside, has anyone noticed how easily the $30-$45 lens hoods on
these D and D* lenses show their white plastic guts should they ever
do their job and come in touch with anything like a wall, door, or
wildebeest? Another thing. If you do use a filter on these lenses, and
if you keep your lens shade stored in the reverse position, have you
noticed that the slightest bump against anything, even your own belt
or another person's arm, will knock that lens shade off faster than a
magician's poof paper burns?
My minor design gaffs when it comes to Pentax's newer lenses.
Joseph McAllister
pentax...@mac.com
“ The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
— Kevan Olesen
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