Nothing wrong with using vintage high end glass on modern bodies.... ----------------- J.C.O'Connell [email protected] -----------------
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:08 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Nifty Fifty comparison over at the forums Buy new? Heresy. Nothing good happened after 1985. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:36 PM, John Celio <[email protected]> wrote: >>> It would have been interesting to see how the DA* 55 1.4 compared with >>> these guys. >> >> not to mention the A 50/1.7 > > I think you and JCO missed the point of the word "current" in my > original post. These are the 50mm lenses that you can buy new from > Pentax right now. I only mentioned the DA* 55 because it's only 5mm > longer. > > Besides, I'd bet if they'd included those old lenses, the DA and DFA > would still do better (especially in the purple fringing test). > > John > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
