Re: What lens for an LX?!

2001-06-24 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Boris Beard wrote: > The man asked me if I had any more lenses at home. Strange question, I > thought. Then he added "this lens is too cheap for a magnificent camera > like this" > So - what should I be using with my LX to do it justice? The LX is a nice and fancy body, but

Re: What lens for an LX?!

2001-06-24 Thread Jim Apilado
0 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: What lens for an LX?! > > Boris Beard wrote: > >> Two months ago, I aquired my first LX [...] >> I happened to have a 40mm pancake on it (as that's >> one of my favourite focal lengths). >> [...] Then he added &qu

Re: What lens for an LX?!

2001-06-24 Thread Jaros³aw Brzeziñski
Boris Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisa³ / wrote: > Dear All, > > Two months ago, I aquired my first LX. It had a really bad sticky mirror > so I took it into be repaired. Last week, I picked it up from the > repairer's workshop. I happened to have a 40mm pancake on it (as that's > one of my fav

Re: What lens for an LX?!

2001-06-24 Thread Creature's Comfort
Boris Beard wrote: > Two months ago, I aquired my first LX [...] > I happened to have a 40mm pancake on it (as that's > one of my favourite focal lengths). > [...] Then he added "this lens is too cheap for > a magnificent camera like this" > So - what should I be using with my LX to do it justi

RE: What lens for an LX?!

2001-06-24 Thread Len Paris
> So - what should I be using with my LX to do it justice? > > curiously, > > Wendy Film, Wendy, film! And whatever lenses you have. Buying more high end lenses won't do much good unless you use lots of film. Len --- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go

Re: What lens for an LX?!

2001-06-24 Thread Bob Blakely
Near the same focal length is the SMCFA 43/1,9 Limited, also consider the SMCFA 77/1,8 Limited (these are big bucks). Yeah, I know they're AF lenses, but they'll still work great (manually) on your LX. Bonus - they'll work great on that MZ-S when you buy it!. Also, consider an SMCA 50 f/1.4, an SM

Re: What lens for an LX?!

2001-06-24 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Since it's a Pentax ... only the best. :) Though it really depends on what you shoot. Here's my (wish) list: FA or A50/1.4, FA35/2, FA24/2, A*85/1.4, A100/2.8, FA135/2.8, A200/4, A*300/4 Collin At 08:30 PM 6/24/01 +0200, you wrote: >Dear All, > > So - what should I be using with my LX to do it