Yeah, well, that may be your rationale but it also comes with a heft price tag that has to be factored in for anybody wishing to make a similar evaluation involving chucking their PK & m42 glass.
What I particularly like about this particular bit of kit (the original 8 element Super Takumar) is that you can get the superior optical performance for a relative pittance (particularly since the interwebs are full of misinformation on this particular lens). You could even use it on your D800E, if you didn't mind losing infinity or introducing an adapter with an additional optical element. At least Canon owners don't have THAT problem. (Tee-Hee!) On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: >> 8. Re: Found a Pentax mistake in the Super Tak 50mm f1.4 >> (Darren Addy) >> >> From: Darren Addy <[email protected]> >> >> I suppose your comment, John is that all of this is "much ado about >> nothing". Perhaps you are also of the mindset that all wines taste the >> same. >> >> Great photographs are not totally dependent upon great equipment, but >> that doesn't mean that there aren't differences in that equipment and >> that some people will be able to notice that difference (and want to >> have the better tool in their toolbelt). Certainly those who wish to >> remain ignorant are free do do so. Those who can't discern the >> difference would be silly to care. It is also a waste of time to try >> to educate anyone who doesn't want to be educated. But I suggest that >> you don't have to have the greatest pair of eyes in the world to >> discern the difference and to decide for yourself which was the >> superior optical design (the 8 element or the cheaper to build 7 >> element): >> > > Yawn... scratch... scratch... scratch. You've awakened a slumbering > bear Darren. > > Funny, because you summed up quite nicely my rationale for changing brands. :) > > John probably drinks jug wines (some of which are actually OK). :) > > Tom C. > > -- > 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. -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- 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.
