FS: MZ-5n + FA 28-70 f4 AL

2006-07-28 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Hi, I finally decided to part with my MZ-5n and just keep my well used MZ-M as a MZ series representative. The camera is in very good condition and working order. Of course I'll take pictures of it and send them to anyone interested. The 28-70 zoom is in KEH bargain condition, with a small mark

Re: FA 28-70 f4 AL

2006-07-27 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:02:00 +0200 schreef Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Tell me why I'd want to keep it. It's small, light, sharp, autofocus and it has very nice bokeh. Shoot something with trees/shrubbery in the background to see what I mean... -- Regards, Lucas -- PDML

Re: FA 28-70 f4 AL

2006-07-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Well, if it's rear AS lens element hasn't begun to separate, its sharp, with good contrast, to my eye flair free, very light weight and extremely convenient. Damn, I miss mine. On digital it would make a very nice true normal to short tele, (maybe a bit slow for a real portrait lens, but it

Re: FA 28-70 f4 AL

2006-07-26 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:02:00 +0200, Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (sorry for any double posts: I didn't get my first attempt, and neither did the archives) my 67). I have an SMC-M 28mm f2.8, a Super Takumar 35mm f2.0 and an SMC-F 50mm f1.4 in the range this fellow covers.

RE: FA 28-70 f4 AL

2006-07-26 Thread Henk Terhell
] On Behalf Of Aaron Reynolds Sent: 26 July, 2006 6:22 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: FA 28-70 f4 AL So I hear that a lot of people like this lens, other than its tendency to split apart. I've never been one for zooms, and so I never considered buying it. However, I've come across one. Someone

Re: FA 28-70 f4 AL

2006-07-26 Thread Peter Fairweather
On 7/26/06, Henk Terhell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I switched more than 2 years ago to the *istD I have used my FA 28-70 AL only once and was not impressed as compared to my DA 16-45. I liked the lens on the film bodies though, and it has not yet fallen apart. An ideal walk about lens

Re: FA 28-70 f4 AL

2006-07-26 Thread gfen
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Aaron Reynolds wrote: Tell me why I'd want to keep it. Its smaller and lighter than your other three lenses combined, ergo its convienent when you are packing for size and weight considerations. Also, sometimes its just more convienent to have an all-in-one answer. That's

Re: FA 28-70 f4 AL

2006-07-26 Thread Francis Alviar
: 10 Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 0:22:00 -0400 From: Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FA 28-70 f4 AL To: pdml@pdml.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 So I hear that a lot of people like this lens, other than its tendency to split apart. I've never

FA 28-70 f4 AL

2006-07-25 Thread Aaron Reynolds
So I hear that a lot of people like this lens, other than its tendency to split apart. I've never been one for zooms, and so I never considered buying it. However, I've come across one. Someone convince me to keep it, or not keep it. I'm unlikely to ever use it on film (because it won't fit

RE: FA 28-70/f4 AL why not F2.8?

2002-01-29 Thread Christopher Lillja
Why did Pentax choose to make a f/4 constant zoom using the diaphragm to maintain that, rather than making a f/2.8 - f/4 zoom on this lens. Am I making sense? :-) Yep sure. One answer is that the constant relative aperture makes it much easier to use with non-ttl flash. Another answer is

RE: FA 28-70/f4 AL why not F2.8?

2002-01-29 Thread Ed Mathews
All this discussion is based on assuming that the lens would open to F2.8 to begin with, which may not be the case at all. Sure, you can see the aperture mechanism reduce itself as you zoom toward the short end, but how do you know it would go to F2.8? What if it only went to F3.5? In that

Vs: FA 28-70/f4 AL why not F2.8?

2002-01-29 Thread Raimo Korhonen
. tammikuuta 2002 21:24 Aihe: RE: FA 28-70/f4 AL why not F2.8? All this discussion is based on assuming that the lens would open to F2.8 to begin with, which may not be the case at all. Sure, you can see the aperture mechanism reduce itself as you zoom toward the short end, but how do you know it would