I know why the K85/1.8 is probably so valuable, because those in the know, ( the type of photographers who tend to pay good money for old lenses) know that the M85 is not a viable alternative of you want a fast MF 85mm PK lens. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:33 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: M85mm f2.0 bokeh The A* was an f1.4. Boz's site makes no mention of an A 1.8. Thibouille wrote: > Very interesting, William. > Specially the difference of rendering of bokeh at f/2 and f/4. A pity > this lens is not of A-type. I'm sure the A version (f/1.8 if I > remember well) is way more expensive. (I don't even wanna know > aboutthe FA f/1.4). > > A pity; I'd really like to play with one of those. > > 2007/4/26, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> A few days ago, Thibouille was asking about the bokeh of the M85 f2 >> lens. My recollection was that it was as smooth as silk, but I hadn't >> really used it recently, favouring the 77mm lens instead. I decided >> to pull the 85 off the shelf to remind myself of how much I enjoyed >> it's rendering abilities. Here then is a couple of shots taken with >> the M85/2, one shot wide open, and a similar shot taken at f/4. >> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/m852bokeh/852bokeh.html >> It is as smooth as I remember. >> >> Camera info: >> K10, ISO100. >> >> William Robb >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
