Re: I had the itch and bought 3 lenses

[Peter J. Alling]

Sonar Aror wrote:
Hi,
I have bought past weekend the SMC-M 28 f2.8 ($55), SMC-M 50 F4 Macro
($85) and the SMC-M 55 f1.8 ($75). I have read many good comments
about the first two lenses, however almost nothing about the 55mm. I
can't see it my self yet because the *ist DS is not there yet. I would
appreciate it if you could comment on the M 55 f1.8.
Thanks, Sonar.
 

It's a fairly good lens, a bit soft wide open as are most normal lenses 
of it's vintage, sharp to the corners when you get somewhere between 
f5.6 and f8.  Makes a dandy portrait, (~83mm), on a *ist-D.  There are 
probably very few comments on it because it's a bit rare as kit normal 
lenses go, (there were a whole lot more M 50 1.7s sold), and its very 
ordinary, it was the lens that came standard with the original K series. 

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