Pentax a "best ever prime lens" at Pop?

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 somet

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

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 who

Older Pentax normal lens test results on line

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 http://photoblue

Re: The Flagship Direction.....

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." Sinc

Re: Options to Ciba

"Richard K. Holman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "I thought Ilfochrome Classic (not the standard ilfochrome) was rated to greater than 200 years. The basic ilfo's are rated for much less." My memory is fading faster than a print from a cheap inkjet, so it may be that my recollection of the data fr