I tend to agree with most of this, except I'll note the manual focus
feel on my 77 is not light at all, but very well damped - more like a
manual focus lens.
Thanks,
Ed
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alan Chan
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 3:34 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Manual focus feel of 77 1.8 Limited?
>
>
> >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?
>
> It feels pretty good for manual focus. I'd say it's better
> than FA50/1.4.
> Compared to A50/1.4, they feel quite different. The focus
> ring of the 77/1.8
> feels a bit light but firm. The front won't rotate.
>
> >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?
>
> It has a built-in hood which is a bit short IMO. But then the
> lens is pretty
> compact too so you cannot ask too much. But you can always
> put on a square
> hood from Pentax if you must (still being made - one for 50mm
> (deeper) and
> one for 28/35mm).
>
> >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.
>
> Other than its price, I can see nothing bad about this lens.
>
> regards,
> Alan Chan
>
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