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-----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Toralf Lund Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 4:11 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Today's score of things Pentax and questions.. P. J. Alling wrote: > On 7/20/2011 5:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> [ ... ] >> >> > > >> >>> >>>> >>>> NExt ... >>>> 50mm prime SMC Pentax FA 1.4 BLACK - this works on manual on the >>>> istD and kinda worked on auto focus but not properly ... apparently >>>> it works on later issues -- or some (a brief check on ebay) With >>>> operating manual from 1991. >> >>> Let me know what you want for it... >> Let me do some more digging :-) I guess you know this lens .. >> > > It's the same as all the Pentax 50mm f1.4 lenses but in FA livery, > (Ok, so they were supposedly tweeked, and they have the best coatings > Pentax put in the focal length). I've been looking for nice short > portrait tele for the K20d that takes full advantage of the > automation. The f1.4's aren't perfect but they're more than good > enough. I find that I don't end up using the M50 f1.4 on the K20d, I > used to use it a lot on the D and Ds. It's still a "current" lens, too: http://www.adorama.com/PX5014AFA.html That price is about 2.5 times as high as when I bought mine new, when was it, 3 or 4 years ago? Around that time used specimens would typically fetch a lot more than the new price on eBay because "everyone" thought it was discontinued, and hard to find... - Toralf -- 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. -- 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.
