Re: 67 re-observations

2001-09-24 Thread Aaron Reynolds
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a beast of a lens, but well worth the effort, plus the price is less than half of the new 400/4, if you can find one. Thanks for the info. I asked because Henry's has one for $1400 (CDN), which still seems like a lot. -Aaron - This message is from the

Re: 67 re-observations

2001-09-23 Thread JTodd19261
As mentioned previously, it has a 25 ft. min focusing, which is about a waist-up portrait. It doesn't have an auto aperature, but I always shoot it wide open anyway. It performs, believe it or not, as good as the 300 2.8 A 35mm lens in a test I did just a few months ago using a 67 to 35

Re: 67 re-observations

2001-09-21 Thread Mark D.
From: Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Has anyone on the list used the old 67 400mm f4 (the non-ED IF one)? Is it worth using? What's the minimum focus distance? Aaron, Here's a chart showing all the info for 67 lenses: http://web.mit.edu/dennis/www/pentax67/lens-info.html The minimum

Re: 67 re-observations

2001-09-21 Thread Mike Johnston
Aaron wrote: I haven't touched my LX in a week. To be fair, I had the 67 first, so the LX is the other woman, if we want to make this into a creepy relationship analogy. Ew! Creepy! Still, I think audible means obtrusive in that kind of environment. Certainly I was less annoying than