P. J. Alling wrote:
On 7/20/2011 5:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
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NExt ...
50mm prime SMC Pentax FA 1.4 BLACK - this works on manual on the istD
and kinda worked on auto focus but not properly ... apparently it
works on later issues -- or some (a brief check on ebay) With
operating manual from 1991.
Let me know what you want for it...
Let me do some more digging :-) I guess you know this lens ..
It's the same as all the Pentax 50mm f1.4 lenses but in FA livery,
(Ok, so they were supposedly tweeked, and they have the best coatings
Pentax put in the focal length). I've been looking for nice short
portrait tele for the K20d that takes full advantage of the
automation. The f1.4's aren't perfect but they're more than good
enough. I find that I don't end up using the M50 f1.4 on the K20d, I
used to use it a lot on the D and Ds.
It's still a "current" lens, too:
http://www.adorama.com/PX5014AFA.html
That price is about 2.5 times as high as when I bought mine new, when
was it, 3 or 4 years ago? Around that time used specimens would
typically fetch a lot more than the new price on eBay because "everyone"
thought it was discontinued, and hard to find...
- Toralf
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