I should've specified that these will be going on film bodies with absolutely no thought whatsoever to using them on a digital.
I need to ask about bodies sometime soon too. I'd really like to get an MX, but I don't know if I can live with only having the three LEDs for an exposure meter. Is there something the size of an MX (that is fully mechanical) that has a needle in the viewfinder meter? On 3/20/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My answers (others may vary) > > 1.) The m28 f2.0 doesn't have a sterling reputation, in fact most of the > older Pentax 28mm lenses don't have such good reps, except for the [K] > 28mm f3.5. (I wouldn't know at that focal length I can put up with > f2.8, and besides I have the "rare" [K] 30mm. Yea, yea, yea, too much > information). > > 2.) For over all quality the A 85mm f1.4 is supposed to be the best. (I > couldn't justify the price myself). The M 85mm f2.0 is small, about the > same size as a 50mm normal, relatively fast, and moderately sharp, (very > sharp after f5.6), and not nearly as expensive used as any other Pentax > 85). It gives a nice ~135mm AOV, (well 127mm actually), on an APS > digital and makes pleasing portraits on 35mm film. > > 3.) The 85 f1.4 became available often enough, every few weeks on e-bay, > when I was paying attention. Just be prepared to trade your first born > for one. > > You don't mention which body, or if it's film or digital you'll be > using, just remember that the M lenses don't communicate with the body > and you'll need to use stop down metering on any Pentax digital, and it > won't work at all on a *ist Film camera, (I assume that with these > lenses in mind you're not going to be using one of the real bottom > feeding cameras). > > Nick Wright wrote: > > So I'm starting to think a little more seriously about putting > > together the Pentax kit. I'm all about the available light so I'm > > looking at large aperture primes and would like to ask y'all's > > opinions about them. > > > > Specifically I'm looking at the M28mm f/2, M50mm f/1.4, and either the > > A85mm f/1.4 or the 85mm f/2. Pros, cons? > > > > And in regards to the 85/1.4, how often do those come available for sale? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > -- > Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf > thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- ~Nick Wright http://blog.phojonick.com/ http://www.phojonick.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
