> Now I want a portrait lens. (only for portrait) Would people > generally agree that the 85/2 would be superior to the 85/1.8 for > purely portrait purposes? That would save me quite a bit of > money...
Whoa! Absolutely not! The M 85/2 (in my opinion) is a surprisingly good little portrait lens, and should be a Consumer Digest "Best Buy" (<g>) in the world of relatively scarce Pentax 85mm lenses. However, the K 85/1.8 is the superior lens of the two, in my opinion (I'd place the K 85/1.8 as second to only the A* 85/1.4 in my own opinionated 85mm list). Fred
