If it were that awful and still worth 750 (clearly a collectors piece) I think I'd probably just sell it and get a usable lens. Yeah, the samples he posted aren't very encouraging at web resolution to say the least. I wouldn't have even posted this if I noticed them right away. I just get all gaga when I see these old monstrosities.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:02 AM, John Celio <neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com> wrote: > I own this exact lens, though I'm not fortunate enough to have the > original box. I can tell you it's not very good on digital. CA is > pretty bad, and it doesn't produce anything you'd call sharp results > until f11. These days I only use it for photographing birds, and even > then it's not my first choice. I'd rather use my M* 300mm f4 and crop > than this thing. > > I keep thinking I should sell it, but it's kind of cool to have such a > huge lens on my shelf. It makes for a better conversation piece than > usable lens. > > John > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
