The 55 is a bit sharper at all apertures except those wider than f 1.8. You'll find it to be very similar, (hell Identical), to the f2.0. The 50 is still very nice every bit as good as every other Pentax 50 f1.4. The only real advantage of the 55 is that on a cropped sensor digital it makes for more of a classic portrait lens, if you care to use it there as well as on your screwmount collection. Oh yes, and you should be able to pick up a 55mm for under $20.00. In fact I got mine for $35 and the owner threw in a SCMT 35m f3.5 and a Honeywell H1a...
Scott Loveless wrote: > Looking for an opinion or twenty. My Super-Tak 55/2 finally went down > for the dirt nap. There's a fungus among us. And the little ring that > has distance markings on it is spinning independently of the focus ring. > I'm considering Brian Ayling's repair method. > > Would anyone care to offer up opinions about the Super Takumar 50/1.4 > vs. the SMC Takumar 55/1.8? Thanks a bunch. > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- 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.
