It's on the roadmap ;-) Well, in DA* 55/1.4 SDM form.
-Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > I've been wishing that Pentax made an A version of the 55mm f1.8. That > would make for a nearly perfect 85mm equivalent portrait lens for the > APS crop cameras. > > Jim King wrote: >> Adam Maas wrote Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:24:24 -0800: >> >> >>> Both of these lenses have been available in the past in F mount, with >>> excellent reputations. The 40/2 is not one I'd pick over the 43, >>> but the >>> 58 is very intersting as it duplicates a standard 35mm length that's >>> mostly been ignored of late (the 85). Note that Pentax will also be >>> filling these shoes with the DA* 55mm f1.4 SDM due next year. A 50 is >>> noticably shorter on 1.5x crop bodies. >>> >> I have the original Ultron 40/2 SL in M42 mount - got it for use on a >> Bessaflex TL body. It's a very well-made lens, all metal in black >> and silver (not all-black like the new Version II), and it has very >> smooth focusing. On film it's a bit soft and vignettes very slightly >> wide open but it's very good at the middle apertures. While I don't >> know that the new version is the same as the old one, the specs look >> the same. As it can't be stopped down manually when used with my M42- >> K adapter ring on digital I don't know how it performs on APS-C >> format. Maybe I'll try some shots wide open to see how it does. >> >> I agree that the 58/1.4 sounds more interesting on digital. It'll be >> interesting to see how it performs. >> >> Regards, Jim >> >> >> > > -- 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.
