Bruce, The Pentax forumites who've bought the Samyang or Polar versions have put up promising pics taken with the 85mm f/1.4. I dished out my hard-earned money for the 77 Ltd back in the Autumn, so I cannot justify buying one of these. That doesn't meant I wouldn't want to... :-)
--M. 2009/3/5 Adam Maas <[email protected]>: > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm a bit surprised to see no mention so far on the list of the PMA09 press >> release from Sakar who claim to be releasing a new line of ... >> >> Vivitar Series 1 Lenses for Digital SLRs (SRP $149.95 to $399.9), including >> an 85mm F1.4A spherical lens for portraits plus 500mm and 800mm f/8.0 mirror >> lenses - all usable with both film and digital SLR cameras. The line also >> offers a 650-1300mm preset lens with a universal mounting ring (T-mt) that >> allows the lens to fit practically all SLR cameras manufactured since 1960, >> plus a 650-1300mm super telephoto lens that offers a zoom range from 16 feet >> to infinity for both film and digital SLR cameras. >> >> >> Are any of these likely to be useful to Pentax shooters? Mark? Miserere? >> >> -bmw >> > > The 85's getting good reviews so far from Canon and Nikon users, it's > the Samyang Korean job and it's also dirt cheap ($350USD at B&H). > So-so build but the optics are good. > > -- > 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. > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- 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.
