Hi Ryan and you all, the Cosina 1.2/55 is sold under different names - not only Ricoh. In Germany it's Porst and Revuenon, maybe in the U.S. Quantanray or Phoenix. I tried 2 different versions (from age different).
Compared to the K 1.2/50 they are very soft at 1.2 to 2.0. Stopped down to 2.8 - 4 it's getting much better - but not same level as Pentax 1.2. Stopped down to 8 - 11 you'll see no difference. The lens is build very well ! (surprise ?) As far as I remember there are 9 aperture blades giving a nioce rounded form stopped down ! This resulting in nice bokeh. Wide opened you'll never need a softfocus lens. 55mm may not be enough for a portrait lens but on the *istD with it's 1.5-factor it may ! So if you want a dreamlens-effect for portra it on the *istD or just a well-build lens with a bright view-finder I can recommend it. On ebay in Germany it's sold at about 60-90 Euro. Paul ______________________________________________________________________________ UNICEF bringt Kriegskinder in die Schule - helfen Sie mit! https://www.unicef.de/spe/spe_03.php
