Re: 50mm lenses. ....Re: LX vs K2dmd vs Super Program (update)

2004-08-10 Thread Antonio
Fred, for me there is more goinging on between the diffent 50's than resolution alone. For me (and this is just an opinion here) resolution is just an indication of whether a lens is gonnna be a poor performer or not. I.e. Just something to check isnt too bad. But the real qualities of a lens, i.e

Re: 50mm lenses. ....Re: LX vs K2dmd vs Super Program (update)

2004-08-10 Thread Antonio
I agree Rob. I dont own the 1.2 but have found that A50/1.4 and A50/1.7 are very different lenses in terms of image renditio as well as sharpness. A50/1.7 is a fine, very sharp lens at most apetures but seems to lack the 3-D quality of the A50/1.4. For me it is almost as if the A50/1.7 is TOO sharp

Re: 50mm lenses. ....Re: LX vs K2dmd vs Super Program (update)

2004-08-10 Thread Fred
> I don't have many samples of each, but I have almost a dozen 50mm > lenses in various places around the house, so I have been able to > test (as much as I test anything) more than one sample of most > emulations. I did some (limited, of course) testing of a number of samples a few years back: h

Re: 50mm lenses. ....Re: LX vs K2dmd vs Super Program (update)

2004-08-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Aug 2004 at 18:00, William Robb wrote: > The A 50mm f/1.2 is pretty soft wide open (though much better than > the Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 that I replaced with the Pentax lens), and is > only ok until about f/8, at which point it is very good indeed. I tested my Screw 55/1.8, A50/1.7, A50/1.4 and

50mm lenses. ....Re: LX vs K2dmd vs Super Program (update)

2004-08-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: LX vs K2dmd vs Super Program (update) > Well, when I actually TESTED my 50s I found that the M 50/2 is a really > good performer, plus it's cheap and very small. None of the above can > be said for A 50/1.2 from what I've h