On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:14 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thibouille" > Subject: Re: K20D firmware update > > >> The 55/1.4 id known to a bit slow to focus, although it is very >> precisewhen it locks. >> >> At the same time, this is supposed to be a portrait lens, so I'd say >> I'd better have it AF well rather than fast. >> Still, could be faster, indeed. > > I hate to say it, but the big boys in the sandbox seem to be able to get > fast and accurate out of their AF systems. > > William Robb >
That depends. Nobody ever accused the 85 f1.2L of being fast. The 50 f1.2L isn't all that much better and the Nikon 50mm f1.4G AF-S is notably slower than its predecessor. The big boys tend to prefer slower but accurate for their portrait lenses. -- 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.
