Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax, SMC DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8

2009-02-26 Thread John Sessoms
Good lens, but way expensive. If you're going with manual focus, the Pentax SMCP-A 50 f/1.4 is, in my opinion, as good and will cost you less. From: Jo?o Moreira Hello all As a lens for portraits (as well as for low light situations), what > about the Zeiss 50/1.4 Planar T*? --- Em qua, 2

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm -F/2.8

2009-02-26 Thread Joseph McAllister
Apologies - I stand misdirected and corrected... :-) On Feb 25, 2009, at 23:43 , David Savage wrote: Even more of a nit is the fact that there is no such lens as the D- FA 50mm f1.4 DS On 26/02/2009, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Feb 25, 2009, at 19:14 , Christine Aguila wrote: I put to

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8

2009-02-26 Thread João Moreira
--- Em qua, 25/2/09, William Robb escreveu: > De: William Robb > Assunto: Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC > DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8 > Para: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Data: Quarta-feira, 25 de Fevereiro de 2009, 23:14 > -

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm -F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread Christine Aguila
From: "David Savage" Even more of a nit is the fact that there is no such lens as the D-FA 50mm f1.4 DS On 26/02/2009, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Feb 25, 2009, at 19:14 , Christine Aguila wrote: I put together a little 50mm 1.4 gallery for you to check out. Just picking a NIT, but

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm -F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread David Savage
Even more of a nit is the fact that there is no such lens as the D-FA 50mm f1.4 DS On 26/02/2009, Joseph McAllister wrote: > On Feb 25, 2009, at 19:14 , Christine Aguila wrote: > >> I put together a little 50mm 1.4 gallery for you to check out. > > > Just picking a NIT, but your gallery is title

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm -F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Feb 25, 2009, at 19:14 , Christine Aguila wrote: I put together a little 50mm 1.4 gallery for you to check out. Just picking a NIT, but your gallery is titled "D FA 50mm ƒ1.4" and each image is captioned "SMC PENTAX FA 50mm ƒ1.4". Two different lenses, even though they are probably t

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm-F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/2/09, Christine, discombobulated, unleashed: >> I agree with William. That's worthy of a billboard. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm -F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread Christine Aguila
Oooops ;-) - Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:45 PM Subject: Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm -F/2.8 On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:14 P

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm -F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "William Robb" > > >> >> - Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" >> Subject: Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Penta

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm-F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:32 PM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Christine Aguila" > Subject: Re: Portrait Lens,Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC > DA Lens - 40 mm-F/2.8 > > > >> I agree with William. > >

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm-F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Christine Aguila" Subject: Re: Portrait Lens,Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm-F/2.8 I agree with William. MARK -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:14 PM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" > Subject: Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC > DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8 > > > >> >> As a lens for portraits (as we

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm -F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: "William Robb" - Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" Subject: Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8 As a lens for portraits (as well as for low light situations), w

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" Subject: Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8 As a lens for portraits (as well as for low light situations), what about the Zeiss 50/1.4 Planar T*? It's a superb

Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:43 PM, João Moreira wrote: > > Hello all > > As a lens for portraits (as well as for low light situations), what about the > Zeiss 50/1.4 Planar T*? > > It's a superb lens (I own the older Contax/Yashica version). But I'd skip it in Pentax mount because it simply doesn'

Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8

2009-02-25 Thread João Moreira
Hello all As a lens for portraits (as well as for low light situations), what about the Zeiss 50/1.4 Planar T*? --- Em qua, 25/2/09, Sasha Sobol escreveu: De: Sasha Sobol Assunto: Re: Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8 Para: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Da