On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[email protected]> > > >> >> ----- 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). > > > I agree with William. I put together a little 50mm 1.4 gallery for you to > check out. For the money, I think it does a great job. Any imperfections > you see, blame me & not the lens. I tried to show you some different > lighting situations to give you an idea. The server these photos are hangin > on has been acting like an adolescent that doesn't want to play nice, so try > later if you can't get a connection. Cheers, Christine > > http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/50mm/index.html >
Just for posterity, I'll note that's me you're agreeing with. Otherwise Hell's going to freeze over. Somebody agreeing with William. -- 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.
