On 2 Sep 2004 at 10:10, Peter J. Alling wrote: > You'll lose the aperture information in the viewfinder with the M lens, > (but then you didn't have it in manual mode anyway). Some extremely > picky people on this list think there's a huge difference between the M > and A versions. But they are the same optical design, the coatings are > similar, the only difference you're likely to notice is the superior > build quality of the M lens, (if you get another 1.7). I'd stay away > from the M 50 f2.0, but that's just me.
There was a big difference WRT flare and contrast between my A50/1.4 and M50/1.4, the results can be seen in the lens test pages. http://plg.komkon.org/a50_14/a50_14.html http://plg.komkon.org/m50_14/M50_14.html I noted a similar performance deficit between my A50/1.2 and K50/1.2 lenses. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
