Yeah ... but Mike's been wanting the Pentax lenses for quite a while. At one point he was after my M85/2.0 ...
Of course, you get no disagreement wrt the leica glass. In fact, I'm toying with the idea of a 35/1.4 ... but that's after a scanner and a computer upgrade and some dental work, and car repairs, and home repairs, and a new refrigerator ... not necessarily in that order. But, back to the SLR glass for a moment. While the Contax 35/1.4 is big, as would a pentax 35/1.4 be, there are still times when it could come in handy. After all, the 85/1.4 is a mutha, and I often prefer the K85/1.8 as the best compromise between size and image quality, still there are times when it comes in handy. I'd go for a Pentax 35/1.4 in a heartbeat - after a scanner and a computer upgrade and some dental work, and car repairs, and home repairs, and a new refrigerator ... and a Leica 35/1.4 <g> Bob Walkden wrote: > > Hi, > > Contax don't have them in their lineup. It goes: 35/1.4 to 35/2.8 and > 85/1.4 to nowhere, although there is a 100/2 (discontinued, and a lot > bigger than eg the SMCP M 85/2). > > I agree with Mike about this. I have both the 35/1.4 and the 85/1.4, > but they're both very big and it would sometimes be convenient to have > slightly slower, but much smaller, lenses. This is one of the ways in > which Leica Ms score heavily against SLRs. At least with the 35mm lens > you get both small and fast. > > Mike ... > > > For as long as I've known you, which is what, almost two years, you've > > been wishing and hoping for those lenses. It shouldn't take two years > > to fine a good copy of each. Why don't you have one yet? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - 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 .
