There was certainly an F50/1.7 ... I have a pristine box for one sitting on my stuff for sale pile. ;-)
Godfrey On Mar 13, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > It has been said here quite a few times that the 50/1.7 is a better > macro > lens, but I don't think there was a 1.7 past the M or A series. > That said, > I could never tell the difference between the M50/1.4 and the > M50/1.7 when > used with xtension tubes and when the lenses were used stopped down > to 5.8 > or smaller apertures. I don't ever recall using either lens at > anything > wider than 5.6 .... > > Shel > >> [Original Message] >> From: William Robb >> Frankly, if you want a 50mm macro, >> get a 50/1.4 and a set of extension >> tubes, it will probably serve you better >> as general purpose equipemnt than a >> slow 50mm macro lens. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
