Image #2 in your 35/1.4 set: wonderful! But image #9: my eyes! my eyes! ;-)
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Derby Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > > While it's always fun going out with new gear, I definitely notice a > productivity hit when I do. Not that I'm complaining, trying new things is > fun. I just come back with less bang per click. > > The Aussie Dollar is on a slippery slope back to its natural place in the > world, but there are still some local stockists holding inventory at bargain > prices. The Sigma 35mm 1.4 is a very attractive looking lens. It has this > odd thing where the focusing scale goes from 0.3m to 1m for most of the > focus throw, and then a tiny movement from 1m to infinity. It isn't a macro, > so I wonder why they did that. The Voigtlander 17.5 0.95 does the same > thing. Still, the HSM is really "S", quieter than the Pentax SDM, I think. > Very well damped manual focusing feel. I like it much more than the just-ok > 30mm 1.4. The next lenses in the Art series should prove interesting. > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/sig35/index.html > > And for a bit of retro, I picked up a pristine Minolta CLE. The wee bugger > is beautiful, no wonder they didn't let it last long. It is a shame the > shutter sound is rather loud; I was definitely clocked more than I normally > am. On the last few rolls of Neopan too. Should do one more last time buy. > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/cle/index.html > > > -- > > [email protected] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
