On Wednesday, February 13, 2002, at 11:27 PM, Butch Black wrote: > Someone in one of their threads mentioned that Pentax's SMC coating was > as > good or slightly better then Zeiss' T* coating. Are there any links or > sites > that confirm that?
Well, as anecdotal evidence, a Hassy-totin' friend of mine and I had a medium format shootout at a Big Sugar concert in '99, him with his 'Blad and a recent 80mm lens, me with my Pentax 67 and its 105mm f2.4. He consistently had flare, and I consistently did not have flare. Not a lot of flare, mind you, but noticeable when compared to mine. We were shooting from the same angles, same film, same exposure. I was a little scared, because when I was loading film at one point during the show I saw the shutter curtain in my 67 vibrating. I realized that I could feel the music through my 67 throughout the show. Yikes! I also shot some Technical Pan at that show, pushed the heck out of it, and ended up with images that looked like they were from an old newspaper -- totally black and totally white, with very little other tonality. Neat stuff, since much of it was side-lighting. Hrmm...I wonder where those negatives are? -Aaron - 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 .
