On a DSLR it's an excellent portrait lens. I's still VERY much cheaper than a 1.8 77mm or a A* or FA 1.4 85mm. The affordable Pentax DSLR's made this standard AF lens very attractive for portrait work, I believe. I didn't have one in my PZ-1 - MZ-S days ... :-)
Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Toralf Lund Sendt: 28. juni 2006 11:31 Til: Pentax Discuss Emne: FA-50/1.4 (used) price Have we discussed the price of the FA-50/1.4 before? I sort of want one, but have found that they tend to be rather expensive - although I think someone said recently here that they are cheap. I mean, the list price for a new one isn't really that high, but it seems like used items tend to go for almost the same amount on that-place-whose-name-ends-with-ay. Why is that? Is it because of the rumour that this lens has been discontinued? Or maybe it *has* been discontinued (well, I'm sure that's something that has been discussed earlier), but it's still on my local distributor's price list, and B&H claim to have it in stock... - Toralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.5/377 - Release Date: 06/27/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.5/377 - Release Date: 06/27/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
