On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:14 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" > Subject: Re: Portrait Lens, Was:Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC > DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8 > > > >> >> As a lens for portraits (as well as for low light situations), what about >> the Zeiss 50/1.4 Planar T*? >> >> > > It's a superb lens (I own the older Contax/Yashica version). But I'd > skip it in Pentax mount because it simply doesn't justify the price > gap over the FA 50/1.4. The Pentax lens is a superb performer and > costs around half of the other 50/1.4 options cost (and a little over > a third of the cost of the Zeiss). > > > There is also the Nokton 58/1.4 to consider as well as the new 55/1.4 from > Pentax. > Reports are trickling in that the 55 is a very slow lens for AF speed, but > is very sharp wide open. > > William Robb >
Having owned both the Nokton and the FA 50/1.4, I'd get the FA again if looking for a K mount 50 for a DSLR and the Nokton for film (I prefer 58mm on film, but its a tossup on digi). The Nokton's better, but not enough better. And the FA's tiny. The DA* 55 has some interesting qualities.and adds QSF and weather sealing to the mix. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
