Adam Maas wrote Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:24:24 -0800: > Both of these lenses have been available in the past in F mount, with > excellent reputations. The 40/2 is not one I'd pick over the 43, > but the > 58 is very intersting as it duplicates a standard 35mm length that's > mostly been ignored of late (the 85). Note that Pentax will also be > filling these shoes with the DA* 55mm f1.4 SDM due next year. A 50 is > noticably shorter on 1.5x crop bodies.
I have the original Ultron 40/2 SL in M42 mount - got it for use on a Bessaflex TL body. It's a very well-made lens, all metal in black and silver (not all-black like the new Version II), and it has very smooth focusing. On film it's a bit soft and vignettes very slightly wide open but it's very good at the middle apertures. While I don't know that the new version is the same as the old one, the specs look the same. As it can't be stopped down manually when used with my M42- K adapter ring on digital I don't know how it performs on APS-C format. Maybe I'll try some shots wide open to see how it does. I agree that the 58/1.4 sounds more interesting on digital. It'll be interesting to see how it performs. Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
