P. J. Alling wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: >> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >>> On Oct 18, 2007, at 7:40 AM, Christian wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I know a lot of digiRebel users... none of them would EVER >>>> consider the >>>> 50/1.8. "It doesn't zoom" is the most often heard reason. sheesh. >>>> >>> Yup. >>> >>> >>>> It is a noisy flimsy little lens, but wow, is it ever value for money. >>>> >>> Bokeh is also very crappy, just like the rest of the lens. I tried >>> one and tossed it back, bought the EF 50/1.4 instead. That's a much >>> much better performer and is nicely built. Not as good as the Pentax >>> 50/1.4, however, and a bit more expensive. >>> >>> Godfrey >>> >>> >>> >> It's nowhere near perfect, but it's by far the best lens you can buy new for >> $75. >> >> -Adam >> > But you can get a used A 50mm from KEH for around $80.00 and Pentax USA > still says they are current products, even if you can't seem to find > them anywhere, (well almost anywhere, Milford Photo had a new one on > their display shelf for $79.99 last time I was there). >
And that's why I specified 'New'. An A 50/1.7 or 1.4 is definitely a better lens that an EF 50 1/.8. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
