I got to try one out a couple of weeks ago. Since I tried it on an ME Super I got a
good idea of how
it felt in manual focus. Excellent, about like an M series lens. I did not pay
particular attention
to the movement of the focus ring, that means it didn't bring itself to my attention
so it must be
ok. Does the front rotate? Mostly that only happens with zooms, certainly not with the
77. I shot it
at 1.8 and it worked well, no sign of flare, so it ought to work ok for stage
photography. It has a
built in retractable lens hood.
Oh yes, I warned the owner, a well known list member, not to leave it unattended where
I could get
at it, as I can't afford to buy one. It matches the chrome ME Super very nicely, thank
you.
--graywolf
Pieter Nagel wrote:
>
> I'm strongly considering to get myself a 77 1.8 ltd. I would
> appreciate some info on it, since local Pentax didn't even seem to
> know it existed before I started asking about it.
>
> One crucial aspect to me, other than its availability in black :-)
> is: what does it feel like to manual focus? How does its MF compare
> to, say, a 50mm 1.4? How big is the throw on the focus ring? How well
> is it damped? Does the front rotate as you focus or not?
>
> And since I do a lot of low-light high-contrast stage shots: how
> effective is its' built-in hood? How far does the hood project before
> the front element? Is it circular or one of those cutesy tulip shaped
> ones that are totally inappropriate to primes?
>
> There are none in the country, so I'll have to have it imported and
> I'd hate to inconvenience them by returning it due to design flaws I
> could have found out about here.
--
Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse
Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA
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