Frantisek, When I got my first 35mm, a Honeywell Pentax H3 bought used in 1977, I thought it was remarkable that I was able to have both eyes open, under the right circumstances, when shooting. It had a 55/1.8 Takumar, and I came to love that old camera.
Beat the pants off the 110's that I been using up to that point. Now that I'm older ( And presumably wiser ) I find that I've ended up with 3 55's, one for each of the cameras that I use regularly. Mark ----- Original Message ----- Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 4:44:14 AM, pdml wrote: pgn> Aleksandar, pgn> I have the 55/2 K and the 55/1.8 K both. pgn> They are good performers, I happen to like the little extra "Umph" that the 55 pgn> have over a 50. pgn> Seems more natural to me. pgn> Mark Gosdin Hi Mark, For cameras with ~0.9 magnification, a 55mm lens gives you same-sized image as with your other eye open. So these odd focal lengths like 58 and 55 are actually to enable you to have both your eyes open when shooting. A nice feature! Comes from the early days of SLR design, Exakta and such. Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
