speaking of portraits, i have found that i like Helios 85/1.5 screwmount (older version, black) a lot. it's quite a bit soft at f1.5, but quite beautifully soft and with very nice bokeh.
see also here: http://www.dantestella.com/technical/helios.html best, mishka On 3/21/07, Minelli Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
