I used an M50/2 on Bruce's istD and found that it worked well as a nice portrait lens. I think it works very well in that situation. Of course, there are sharper 50mm lenses, but the 2.0 is useful. I prefer the M to the A for the build quality. Earlier K-mount 50mm lenses, like the 1.8 and 2.0 are very nice as well.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Scott Loveless > The M50/2, while not the best of the Pentax 50s, is certainly a good > lens. Common wisdom dictates that it's almost impossible to come > across a dog of a 50. I have that lens and an M50/1.7. The 50/1.7 is > slightly sharper and it does get mounted on the K100 from time to > time. I mostly shoot B&W film and actually prefer the contrast of the > 50/2 for that application. Of course, this is a matter of personal > taste. I've never mounted the 50/2 on a digital body so I really > can't comment on that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
