On Jun 30, 2006, at 2:45 AM, Toralf Lund wrote: > Yep. Prices around here are higher, as usual, but in relative terms > the > situation is not that different. I think the Nikon may be bit > closer to > the Pentax (and further away from the Canon) in price than indicated > here, though...
I took prices directly from B&H Photo. >> Pentax continues to offer the budget minded A50/2 lens at $70. It's >> nowhere near the performance of the f/1.7 and f/1.4 lenses, but it's >> still a good lens. > So it's also a lot poorer than my A50/1.7? That's a bit > interesting. The > shop where I bought this lens used a couple of years ago also had an > A50/2.0 in similar condition, and they had actually priced it > higher... The A50/2 is definitely an economy offering. I didn't like its sharpness at all much under f/5.6. > And there is also the A50/1.2, of course, but that's 2-3 times as > expensive as the FA50/1.4, and perhaps doesn't perform quite as well > besides the higher speed? Some folks seem to like it a lot. A series only, and probably out of production although they do seem to continue to show up. > By the way, how about the new(ish) one from Voigtlander/Cosina? > Some of > their lenses (not sure about the 50mm) seem to have a very good > reputation... No experience with any except the Heliar 15mm in Leica Thread Mount, which was remarkably good for the money. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
