I went over to Boz's site and it's noted that the A has one more aperture blade than the K, 9 vs 8, and that the K weighs 40 grams more than the A. The weight difference leads me to believe that there may be some construction differences between the two.
What does it mean that the mirror house blocks part of the rear element? I'm having a hard time picturing this, or what it might mean from the POV of an image on the film. BTW, what's the URL for Valentin's site? Steven Larson wrote: > > Hi Shel, IIRC it`s the coatings that are the only difference, optically. > Reading > about the lens on Valentin`s website it struck me "The last lens element of > the 1:1.2/50 is larger than 24mm, so the mirror house of the camera, not > much larger than 24x36mm, blocks part of the last element at 1:1.2 !" > I think Rob Studdert has the "A" 50 1.2, maybe he can jump in. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
