Pentax UK was listing this lens (A 50 1.2) until quite recently, at a recommended price of £600 (UK pounds).
My K version cost me somewhat less, I'm glad to say. I can't say that I've noticed a particular warmth to it, but I've never compared it side by side with any other 50mm lens. John On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:18:11 +0100, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken, I hope you are reading the list. May I request your assistance > again? > > I have just received an A 50 F1.2. It was the last one that B&H (a New > York retailer) had in stock. Perhaps it was the last one available > online in this hemisphere. (There are probably still a few in camera > stores that don't sell online.) > > I notice that the lens gives a warm rendition that I like very much. > What truly strikes me about the lens, though, is that it seems to give > extra saturation to warmer colors--reds, browns, yellows. It is not like > Velvia, but these colors are nevertheless more saturated than I see with > other lenses. Overall it is a very pleasing effect. > > Pentax was clearly proud of this lens. There was a gold collectors' > version of the K 50 F1.2 in 1981, then a silver collectors' edition of > the A 50 F1.2 in 2000. Both were sold with collectors' LXs. > > I wondered if your inside contact has any more information on what > design objectives Pentax had for this lens. > > The manual came with a printing date of 2000. I think that was when the > lens was manufactured -- the same time as the silver A 50 F1.2 that went > with the LX 2000. If Pentax manufactured with silver A 50 F1.2 in 2000, > it would make sense to extend the production to make a batch of the > ordinary version of the lens. > > I am puzzled, though, because the manual was not updated. It lists only > A lenses. Also, the lens came with an older style of lens cap. And it > was in a box that was intended for, I think, one of Pentax's digital > cameras. (The box mentions "Digital and Film Cameras," and shows > pictures of balloons and happy families.) I wondered if your inside > source knows anything about these puzzles? > > Thanks, Ken. > > Joe > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
