Andre: I would be interested in your findings so please post them.
Best, - Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 18, 2003 1:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Is flare bad? >Hi Andre: > >It is interesting what you say about the K35 f3.5 lens. I have >actually acquired one recently in a like new condition. I used it last >weekend and tested it for ghosting pointing the upper frame corner at >the rather brilliant sun (the snow and ice desert of the completely >frozen Georgian >Bay) and sure enough a small circular ghost does appear in the lower left >corner. That is a very small ghost, but nevertheless it is there. The >performance is still very good indeed compared to other well known lenses >which are low in flare and ghosting like my Nikkor 20 mm f:3.5 which >displays a somewhat larger and more disturbing ghost similarly positioned >within the frame. My K50 f:1.4 displayed a significant "ankh-like" ghost >under the same conditions - somewhat reminiscent of my Nikkor 50 mm f:1.4. >Still the Pentax ghosting was less disturbing in the viewfinder that the >Nikkor. I will look carefully at the negatives to see if this has more to >do with the lens or the viewfinder. For a camera I used the newly acquired >ME Super from Tom. > >Cheers, - Andrew. So the 35/3.5 has a little ghost after all! I tried your test once but with the SMC Takumar and I did not noticed anything. I might have made my test too fast, sure enough that I would find the same results as Pop or Mod Photog (contrary to what I said in my previous post, the SMCT was said to be ghost-free and I extrapolated to the K). Noe, maybe the SMCT is different (and really ghost free). I'll have to check this again with a SMCT. Regards, Andre >From: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: March 13, 2003 12:35 AM >The K 35/3.5 (and the Takumar version) is said to be totally >ghost-free. A test (Mod or Pop Ph) revealed that shooting directly at >the sun with it, it's not possible to see any ghost wherever you put >the sun in the frame. I tried it and it's true. I have not tried it >with multiple night spots but it should respond the same way. This >could be the only lens to performs like that though. --
