RE: Inquiry M40-80

2006-05-15 Thread Don Sanderson
Pretty useful long normal to portrait length. Good macro feature at 80mm. Good Bokeh and color. Rather weak in the sharpness and contrast areas. This is on the ist-D, haven't tried it on film. Pretty much agree with Bobs comment on Stans site: Bob S. - The reputation on the lens from day one has

Re: Inquiry M40-80

2006-05-15 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 15, 2006, at 18:27, Don Sanderson wrote: Pretty useful long normal to portrait length. Good macro feature at 80mm. Good Bokeh and color. Close focus is about 3.5 feet or some such. Yow! I used it for a while on the DS when I was borrowing it from my dad. The 35-75 f/4 - A Zoom