J. C. O'Connell wrote on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:52:36 -0700: > (snip) > one thing I forgot to note about this lens [M85/2], > it is INCREDIBLY COMPACT for a 85mm f2.0 > lens, I never would have even thought this > was possible. It seems about roughly the same > size as a fast 50mm.
Yes, it is really tiny. The closest modern counterpart (the FA 77/1.8 Limited) is almost, but not quite, as small. Of course the FA has autofocus, so Pentax did their usual fine job of miniaturization to get it as close to the M85 in size and weight as they did. All metal too! M85: 63mm x 46mm, 250 g FA77: 64mm x 48mm, 270 g Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
