Thanks Paul for that quick answer. greetings Markus -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Paul Stenquist Gesendet: Montag, 27. November 2006 11:59 An: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Betreff: Re: AW: my turn: played with the K10D today
Yes, that's the same lens, although I have the k-mount version. I think it is generally considered a bit better than the Tamron, but it's also quite a bit heavier. Paul On Nov 27, 2006, at 4:10 AM, Markus Maurer wrote: > Hi Paul > I see an M42 Version of the Vivitar 90mm 2.5 Macro lens with 1:1 > adaptor > here. > Is that the one you have or what is the "early" version? Would you > rate it > higher than > the Tamron 90mm 2.5 macro? > greetings > Markus > > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von > Paul Stenquist > Gesendet: Montag, 27. November 2006 04:34 > An: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Betreff: Re: my turn: played with the K10D today > > > Looking forward to your pics from Annsan's roof. I'm thinking of > selling my K85/1.8 and picking up the DA 70. Not an exact swap in > focal lengths, but I also have the Vivitar 90/2.5 series 1 -- the > excellent early version. Waiting to hear more about that 70. As an > alternative, I could still unload the 85 and go for the 77 limited. > Of course, I could just keep the K 85/1.8. It's probably the sharpest > lens in that range I've ever come across. And it's built like a tank. > Paul > On Nov 26, 2006, at 10:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> As Amita mentioned, I met up with her, Nate and Ann at B&H. I got >> there early and did some browsing by myself before the others arrived. >> >> Had my DS with me so I got to fool with the two cameras side by side. >> >> - It is bigger but not too big, close to the 20D in size. >> - Heavier but not too much heavier. >> - Similar in feel in most ways. >> - Nicer, better quality feel to the switches and knobs on the K10D. >> >> and on... >> >> - Nicer balance than the Canon 20D ... feels smaller although by >> measurements they're darn close. >> - Like the new control set overall. Still am not too sure about the >> front wheel ... it will take me a while to get comfortable with that >> again. >> - Fitted with either the DA14 or DA21, balance was very very nice. I >> think they got the body balance so well done that it will feel great >> with almost any lens, really. >> - Viewfinder looks just a hair better than the DS viewfinder. Nice. >> >> Look forward to having it to work with. >> >> Asked about the battery grip but they didn't have one available for >> demoing, they do have them in the shipping department. Not sure that >> I will actually use it, I'll work with the camera a while once I have >> it to figure that out. >> >> I tried out the DA70 lens, compared it to the FA77. It's smaller, >> lighter, and the focusing helicoid is much much faster. Worth selling >> the FA77 for? jury is still out. >> >> Now I guess I better drag the image files from my DS' card to the >> computer and see what I did on annsan's roof. :-) >> >> Godfrey >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
