RE: anybody with a lot of experience with the K20/4?

2005-12-30 Thread J. C. O'Connell
me testing that , but a K20/4 vs M20/4 shootout is definitely in order! ( On fine grain FF FILM! ) jco -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 5:23 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: anybody with a lot of experience with

Re: anybody with a lot of experience with the K20/4?

2005-12-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Some say it's a bow-wow. I have no personal experience with it. I'll be interested to hear/see how it works for you. Paul On Dec 30, 2005, at 5:01 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: Just got a hold of a stone mint example of the K20/4 lens. Havent tried/tested it yet but was wondering if anybody here h

RE: anybody with a lot of experience with the K20/4?

2005-12-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, I've had one and liked it quite a bit. A little soft around the edges, and some claim lots of distortion. The distortion was a non-issue for me. I found it to be acceptably sharp, although others called it, and its older sibling, the Super Tak 20/4.5, "Bow Wow" lenses. I put up lots of PAW

RE: anybody with a lot of experience with the K20/4?

2005-12-30 Thread J. C. O'Connell
P.S. Any info regarding comparisons to the M20/4 would also be welcome. I have that too but probably wont keep it unless its better which I doubt based on hunch seeing its optical design is much simpler... jco -Original Message- From: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday