Levente -Levi- Littvay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "OK, but based on its appearance they are QUITE different. So you say optically they are identical?"
You have another option: Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 85/1.8 (multicoated, 58mm filter, Manual/Auto switch), available in M42 screwmount (but not K mount). According to PDML's Frantisek V., it and the Pentax 85/1.8 are nearly identical in optical formula and performance; perhaps not quite as good at flare resistance, but respectable nonetheless. Build quality, too, is very nice. It seems to be much more widely available in Europe than in the United States. It sells for about the same as the Pentax SMCT 85/1.8, sometimes less. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
