Miserere wrote: >2009/9/10 J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]>: >> Ive noticed lately that the used F50/1.4 lenses are pulling >> in high money lately on ebay, even more than the FA version >> brand new in some cases. Anybody know what all the differences >> are between these two lenses are optically, mechanically, >> funcitonally, etc? Maybe its just a collector thingy or >> maybe the F version is better in some way?? I have never owned >> either one of them. > >Doesn't anybody know? I'm curious now :-)
The F version was rated better on the old "Photodo" web site. Since the F and FA versions are optically identical, this is probably due to either production tolerances in the individual lenses tested or suboptimal consistency of the testing (or both). Along with a big dose of "eBay Irrationality", of course (remember when the M 40/2.8 was going for $300 or more?) -- 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.
