I have both the screw asph version and the smc-A non aspherical version and I wouldnt describe the performance as abysmal on the istDS.
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralf R. Radermacher Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 5:12 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: SMC 15mm f3.5 how rare is rare?? J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: > Ive seen the screw version actually sell for over $1800, but not $5k. > The K version he has is the rarer asph version btw. My SMC-A 3.5/15 mm has sold on ebay.de for a little over 400 euros, a few years years ago. Besides, the optical performance of this lens on a DSLR is abysmal, to put it mildly. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- 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. -- 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.
