The 50A1.2 is the only manual focus lens that is regularly in my kit, I use it pretty frequently in very low light mostly with success (no worse that the k5's common inability to acheive focus lock in low light). The lens ivs very sharp at f5.6, sharper than most other lenses including the 50A1.4 and the K version of the 50/1.2 has quite different characteristics, more halo and more flare, I doubt that the coatings were as advanced. Over the years I've owned 2 x K1.2 and 5 x A1.2 and one or more of every other Pentax 50mm lens that's been produced, I only have one A50/1.2 now.
On 5 December 2012 01:45, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a Pentax 50mm f1.2 briefly and was not impressed. "Dreamy" wide > open is the *nice* way to put it. Saying that it is great "stopped > down" seems a little silly when one can have that same stopped down > performance on a f1.4 just as easily for a lot less money (and you can > bring the f1.7 into that discussion as well for less than 20% of the > price of the f1.2). I only have experience with one data point (copy > of the lens), so it is probably silly to draw firm conclusions, but > for my money a f1.2 lens is like owning a Rolex. It impresses people > and maybe even oneself, but I'd rather use the funds that the f1.2 > brings on the open market to purchase something that extends my > photographic possibilities in other ways. > > -- > 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
