Pentax a best ever prime lens at Pop?

2002-02-14 Thread Maggie Che
I just happened to pause at a newsstand long enough to note that: (1) The cover of the new Popular Photography features something like we test the 3 best prime lenses ever (2) The inside cover indicates that the lens test section is the article indicated on the cover (3) Unless I missed

Bokeh examples of FA 77/1.9 Ltd. and FA* 85/1.4

2001-07-23 Thread Maggie Che
This site includes several portraits taken with various lenses including the FA*85 and the FA77 Ltd. Apparently, the portraits were shot on the same day, at the same location, of one model and on one film. http://www.t3.rim.or.jp/~azuma/html/camera/lenses_test/001123/wakana.html Those of you

Older Pentax normal lens test results on line

2001-03-13 Thread Maggie Che
Those of you who actually respect copyrights might be annoyed that Pop Photo was ripped off by the owner of this site, but perhaps you'll be tempted to peek at the old test results of the SMC A 50/1.2, SMC A 50/1.4, SMC Takumar 55/1.8 and SMC 50/4 Macro, and the competition, here

Re: The Flagship Direction.....

2001-02-24 Thread Maggie Che
Paal wrote: "Back in '96 Pentax engineers said they were working on a sturdy, professional slr closer to the LX than the Z-1p. I don't think the MZ-S is that camera but I do believe the MZ-S may have inherited some characteristics from that camera: the built quality and the user interface."