Yes to both. The design was updated from M to A versions with optical improvements, but all of the Pentax 50/1.4's are excellent designs (right back to the first Super-Takumar version).
IIRC the SMC-M is the smallest version of the lens. -Adam Jens Bladt wrote: >Is this an excellent lens, or is the FA 50.1.4 optically better? >Regards >Jens > >Jens Bladt > >http://www.jensbladt.dk >+45 56 63 77 11 >+45 23 43 85 77 >Skype: jensbladt248 > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Godfrey >DiGiorgi >Sendt: 9. april 2007 20:10 >Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Emne: Re: *istD lens compatibility > > > >On Apr 9, 2007, at 10:16 AM, frank theriault wrote: > > > >>I decided to e-mail the camera's initial owner to see if he downloaded >>the firmware upgrades, but thanks to you, Godfrey, I've now checked >>myself, and it says "ver 1.0" which I assume means it's never been >>upgraded. >> >> > >Glad to help. That's correct: you're on the original firmware. The >green button 'semi-automatic stop down metering' for pre-A series >lenses was an add-on to the original *ist D, I think it surfaced in >firmware v1.02 or something like that. So you definitely need to get >the fw update installed to get more functionality out of those lenses. > >You can use them in Av mode now, however. Just be aware that they >will only be wide open ... the Av mode will assume they don't have an >iris diaphragm and will base exposure metering on the light >transmitted through them wide open. > > > >>I don't use Lightroom, but I'm intrigued. Where might I find that? >> >> > >Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is downloadable for a 30 day free trial from: > http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/ > >Of course, you need a computer for that too... If you're running a >Windows system, be sure that you have a Pentium IV or V or later, 1 G >RAM and a good bit of hard disk space. Lightroom is a fairly >intensive image processing program and needs pretty up to date >hardware to work respectably. > >Godfrey > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.0.0/752 - Release Date: 04/08/2007 >20:34 > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.4/768 - Release Date: 04/19/2007 >05:32 > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
