> > >well, the 50mm is a pentax 1.7 (I own 2 of them now ^_^) > >and the zoom is a albinar 1.38 > >I don't know whether it's crap or not... > > Its optical qualities are probably no better than today's cheap consumer zooms > (which means "not very good") but I'll bet its mechanical construction is. Stop > it down to f8-11 and it'll probably be OK.
sorry, another stupid beginner question from me ^_^ what does it mean to stop down? only to use 8 / 11? oh and it is labeled with zoom zone and macro zone ... does this have a special meaning? thanks Katrin > > I bought a Cosina 20mm f4.0 on eBay for $20.00 and found it to be surprisingly > sharp once stopped down. Now I keep it in my "mini" kit with the MX, M28/3.5 and > FA43/1.9 Ltd. > > -- > Mark Roberts > www.robertstech.com > Photography and writing > ****************************************************************************** Desertrose Chris' & Katrin's X Japan homepage! Please visit it! http://www.xjapan.de ********************************************************* >From now on I will try to live for you and for me. I will live with love...with dreams... and forever with tears.. ******************************************************************************
