I shot this with my M 50/2. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/7111327281/
Granted, I have a pauper's kit, but I vastly prefer the old glass to any of the newer stuff I've got.
-- Walt On 8/28/2012 9:42 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
An older high quality lens, manually focussed properly, will beat an el cheapo new AF lens every time. Just because a lens is new doesnt make it good or better than any old lens. And yes there were some stinky old lenses too but there are/were some really good Pentax K, M, and A lenses now pushing 30-40 years old that "work" fine on brand new DSLRS. As long as you can focus them, which I can at least. High speed sports or street photography? Not so much, but general purpose, yes. The A series lenses for example offer full aperture control, just MF, no AF and that series is already roughly 20-30 years old now, but not obsolete by any measure. Thats whats great about Pentax DSLR System. I have tried many AF lenses and dont like working that way. Give me a silky smooth manual focus K, M, A series lens with high optical quality and Im happy. For static or slow speed subjects, I rarely miss on focus, much less than using AF misses. I pass on AF for my stuff, just as I pass on AE. And yeah, I know you can manually focus most AF lenses, but the MF "feel" of AF lenses is usually garbage by design. ----------------- J.C.O'Connell [email protected] ----------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Celio Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 10:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Nifty Fifty comparison over at the forums I've spent enough time futzing around with old lenses to know that modern glass does everything I need and does it faster and a lot more conveniently. You guys can go on using your "vintage" equipment, I'm not telling you to stop, just quit acting like every lens comparison needs to include stuff from fifty years ago. That was technology then, this is technology now. I've gotten rid of all but three of my pre-digital lenses because modern lenses just work better on dSLRs, hands down. John
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