On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:34:39PM -0500, Walt wrote: > Thanks, Igor. > > I'll take all of that into consideration. I'm still leaning toward > the 77/1.8, though I can see myself possibly getting the Samyang and > using the leftover money to "invest" in other gear that could help > my photography -- lighting, flash, reflectors, etc. > > I figure within the next couple of weeks, I'll have a pretty firm > idea of how much I'll be able to "invest" in this pursuit.
Maybe what we ought to, is that I buy one to use while my 77 is in for repairs. Then, in theory, I'll sell it to you at a bit of a discount, since it'll be a used lens, and I shouldn't really need two fast lenses in that focal length range. When you are within a couple hundred dollars of having enough money for a 77, you can then sell the 85 at a slight loss, but still recover most of your money. Of course, this plan is making the assumption that we are both capable of selling a working lens. > > -- Walt > > > On 5/17/2013 12:20 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > >Walt, > > > >While it's been almost a year since I looked at Samyang 85/1.4, > >my conclusion was that all those Korean lenses (under different brand > >names) have "A" setting for the Pentax version. > >And the reason the photos on some distributor sites do not show that is > >that they are photos of non-Pentax version. > > > >It's been a while, since that, a few new lenses came out, > > and I cannot guarantee you that it still holds, but I would assume it > >would. > > > >HTH, > > > >Igor > > > >PS. I was considering it the cheaper alternative at that point, but > >then "pulled the plug". (I am using AF on it. So, 77/1.8 is better in > >that way.) > > > > > > > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
