----- Original Message ----- From: "Quasi Modo"
Subject: Re: I'm surprised that this one didn't attract a single bid
With regard to manual focus lens collection, optical quality and/or superiority to AF is the classic fallback position.
Perhaps there is some reason for this? Such as, optical quality is kind of important?
I have some very nice Pentax lenses made in the mid 1970's. One in particular, the SMC Pentax 50m/1.4 is a favourite of mine, enough so that i have more than one sample of it. I recently aquired an FA50/1.4.
Compared to the older lens, it feels like cheap junk, and looks like a small pile of carefully formed moose puke. While I haven't done formal comparisons, my impression from shooting with both the old lens and the new one, the old lens is higher contrast, higher acutance than the new one.
The K lens is also nicer to use.
Whether this holds true across the board, I don't know. I see no reason why it wouldn't, however.
William Robb
