On 7/1/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thibouille wrote: > > How is that lens on digital (K10D) and whatwould it worth? > > I could probably get one optically perfect but not very good state > > otherwise for about 400 euros. I'm short on budget so I really do not > > want to regret t in any way. > > > > I have no pics of it for now however. > > > I have the older, non-macro version of this lens and have always been > satisfied with it's performance. I used it a lot when I shot swim meets > with the *ist-D and had no complaints - sharp, constrasty, well > saturated images; fast, responsive AF. I've used it a couple of times on > the K10D, and it's done fine. > > I have only two problems with this lens: 1) the minimum focusing > distance (something like 2 meters) leave a lot to be desired.
>2) it once failed me when shooting in cold weather (0 F / -18C) Thats a nice July afternoon in Thunder Bay.:-) Dave > . >In the latter case > - the aperture will open and not close in very cold temps (something I > confirmed by putting the lens in the deep freeze at home.) But it's > worked fine in more mild temperatures, like 10F, it's just in extreme > cold that something malfunctions. It's not a matter of the aperture > sticking - it actually pulls open when it gets very cold. > > I have no idea what the current value of one is, though. Mine was ~800 > USD new 4 or 5 years ago. > > HTH > > - MCC > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, Michigan > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
