I'm not sure how to take your post - whether you're trying to be funny, sarcastic, caustic, condescending, or judgmental. Maybe all of those things.
So, just to be clear, I like the way the lens looks on the camera, but more important, I like the way to feels. Its size, the focus feel, the way it's layed out where I can focus with a finger and my hand in a comfortable position, its weight, its construction, the way it feels on the MX - all of these things are considerations for me and would cause me to choose one lens over another as long as the optical qualities were to my liking. Considering that the comments about the qualities of the lens, from people whose opinions I appreciate and respect because we have similar tastes, and who have not provided information that I found wanting in the past, and based upon images that I've seen that have been made by various samples of the 77mm, I'm pretty damned sure that "The lens could very well end up being my favorite 35mm SLR lens." Note also the qualifier - could. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Doug Brewer > Great, 'cause, ya know, I always choose a lens based on how it looks > attached to my camera. > > > <smirk> > > > >>-------------------------------------------------- > >>Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >>Thu, 12 May 2005 22:51:07 -0700 > >> > >>I had a chance to use a black 77mm Ltd today. It was > >>attached to one of my > >>black MX. Wonderful combination. The lens could very > >>well end up being my > >>favorite 35mm slr lens. It is so effin' perfect on > >>the MX. Film at 11:00
