nice shot. I notice the far distance is out of the DOF. you must have used a nearly wide open fstop and a very fast shutter speed?
----------------- J.C.O'Connell [email protected] ----------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Walt Gilbert Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 10:57 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Nifty Fifty comparison over at the forums RE: I dont need nostinkin' AF 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 > -- 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.
