Thanks- I'll have to keep the little plastic tab problem in mind. It's just that I'm in the market for an auto-focus lens- I have an M 50 f1.4, and A 50 f2.
Give me a shout when you have a price for the F 50mm 1.7- I might be persuaded to take it off your hands. Cheers, Mike [email protected] On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > I agree with Steve on the A 50/1.7 being the best buy. I can't tell > you how many F and FA 50mm f1.7s I have had and sold because of the > price they bring. Meanwhile, I can live without the AF and happily use > a mint Pentax-A 50mm f1.7. The only bad part with the A 50mm f1.7 is > that they commonly have the little internal plastic tabs on the > aperture ring broken meaning that changing aperture is > difficult/impossible without disassembly/repair/reassembly. If you can > get it in the "A" position and are happy to leave it there (AV mode on > DSLR) you may not need to do anything with the lens. But THAT is the > main question to ask when buying this lens "long distance". Can't tell > you how many I've seen with the problem. > > I've got an M 50 f1.4 on its way (also another F 50 f1.7) and they > both go on the block again (part of my "Catch and Release" program) > but I think I'll play with the M 1.4 for a bit first to see if the > extra speed/shallow depth of field does anything for me. Generally, I > keep a SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 around for when I want to scratch that > itch. > : ) > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:04 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: >> indeed they do, as does the A 50/1.7 which i think is the best buy of the >> lot (generally much cheaper than the FA, and my own most-used lens) >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
