50mm lenses are way too short to use on bellows, they only allow super high magnifications, general purpose macro is out of the question with them, thats why most dedication bellows lenses are 100mm not 50mm. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 1:22 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What would you do with a 50 1.2 The 1.7 50's are the sharpest of the three designs and have the flattest field of focus, not as flat as a dedicated copy lens, but they're the recommended lens for use with the Pentax Auto bellows, that is if you can't find one of the dedicated bellows lenses of course. On 2/13/2012 11:46 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > On 2/13/2012 10:35 AM, steve harley wrote: >> on 2012-02-13 06:01 Walt Gilbert wrote >>> Which raises a question: Are there any really stellar manual primes >>> that go for >>> paltry sums along the lines of the M 50/2? >> >> not completely sure how to parse your question, but there are >> certainly bargains on old equipment, essentially, in capitalist >> terms, you look for inefficiencies in the market and lubricate them; >> it takes some patience and a nose for quality; among the lenses i use >> the most, my Macro-Takumar 50/4, SMC A 50/1.7, and Sigma EX Macro >> 105/2.8 (which i mostly manual focus) were all edge-market finds, and >> the latter at $100 cost more than the other two together; you won't >> find them at the prices i paid on eBay, but you might on craigslist, >> a thrift store or a yard sale >> > I just found an A 50/1.7 for $45. I'm not positive, but if I'm not > mistaken, they've been going for a bit more than that lately on eBay. > > Of course, if I had it, it would be my 3rd 50mm prime lens between my > K 50/1.4 and my M 50/2. Is the A 50/1.7 good enough to justify having > yet another 50mm at that price? > > -- Walt > -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- 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.
