To support this I can say that I shoot some portraits of a friend of mine a few years ago with the lens. I was using B&W film, ISO400, I forgot exactly which one.
She liked them a lot so I finally had a couple of the printed 100x70 cm. (40x28in.), on colour paper, sepia filtered. They looked very nice, even if shot at f/4 or so and enlarged nearly 28x. Of course, as Bill said, it's portrait. If you are a sharpness fan maybe this lens wouldn't be very interesting, certainly not as much as the A85/1.4. Ciao, Flavio -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:40 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Lens suggestions ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: SV: Lens suggestions >I have owned the M 85/2. It's not sharp below 5.6 - 8. It's not AS sharp wider open than 5.6, but is still an OK optic. I find the lack of bite to be of use when shooting portraits, which is why I have hung onto the lens. It is a bit long on the DSlR, but is still very usable. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message and its attachments are addressed solely to the persons above and may contain confidential information. If you have received the message in error, be informed that any use of the content hereof is prohibited. Please return it immediately to the sender and delete the message. Should you have any questions, please contact us by replying to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you www.telecomitalia.it -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
