Hi,
IIRC somebody was interested if Pentax has primes which are both
fast and sharp at wider apertures for purpose of tripod-less travel
shooting on slow film (Kodachrome 64), a thing I am interested in
too.
I think there are several options here:
FA 2/24mm - which is reputed
Frantisek wrote:
I think there are several options here:
You forgot the 31 Limited. Although It's definitely not razor sharp wide
open it's still sharper than any lens I've tried at 1.something apertures.
It also display the sharpest F:2.8 performance I can remember having seen.
The
M,F,FA 1.4/50 - is there a 50mm which isn't sharp?
I had two A50/1.4 and both were damn soft at wide open, next to useless.
Stop down, it's excellent. A50/1.7 is sharper at wide open, but built
quality is worse to none.
regards,
Alan Chan
Sunday, February 17, 2002, 1:15:51 PM, Alan wrote:
M,F,FA 1.4/50 - is there a 50mm which isn't sharp?
AC I had two A50/1.4 and both were damn soft at wide open, next to useless.
AC Stop down, it's excellent. A50/1.7 is sharper at wide open, but built
AC quality is worse to none.
AC
I've always been happy with the performance of the SMC-A* 200mm f2.8
wide open. In fact, 90% of my shooting with that lens is wide open or
at f4.
-Aaron
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, February 17, 2002 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax fast sharp primes
M,F,FA 1.4/50 - is there a 50mm which isn't sharp?
I had two A50/1.4 and both were damn soft at wide open, next to useless.
Stop down, it's excellent. A50/1.7 is sharper at wide open, but built
quality is worse to none.
regards
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From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax fast sharp primes
I agree. But, ya gotta make sure you find one without the dreaded yellow
curse. I have one so afflicted. Not too badly, mind
Hi Frank,
I have Super-Takumar with the curse too, I`m not going to use a sledge-
hammer on it though, I`m saving it as a parts lens. It is so yellow, see
a pic of it:
http://www27.brinkster.com/stevelarson/Brinkster.html
(just wanted to show off the family ;) )
I metered with the yellow one
Sunday, February 17, 2002, 5:38:24 PM, T wrote:
TR Yes my experience is similar. I had a M50/1.4 that seemed to have a massive
TR focus shift at 1.4, but was reasonably sharp from f2.0 on. The current one
TR is about what I would expect from a 1.4, soft in the corners. I have a 1.7
TR that is
--- Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've always been happy with the performance of the
SMC-A* 200mm f2.8
wide open. In fact, 90% of my shooting with that
lens is wide open or
at f4.
-Aaron
Aren't a lot of telephoto lenses optimized for wide
open shooting because of the need
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