What's funny is that I was also surprised that the older lenses weren't included. I'm so used to PDML folks automatically including lenses that go back to the sixties that I laughed at John's statement.
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:58 PM, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
