Charles, Pentax 50mm f1.7 lenses have been sharp since the screwmount Takumar days. The phrase could be 'Tak Sharp.' I've never seen a bad sample, so you had other problems. Glad you got them sorted! (For those of you reading along at home, buy this lens used - its common and cheap.) Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 18, 2013, at 20:01 , Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> that was way out. sort of thing that in an earlier age I'd have sent to >> service to get sorted out. >> > > Yup, for sure. > > I got this lens used for something like $50 years and years ago, right after > I got the istDS. I've always thought that the focusing issues were due to > the wide aperture, so this lens has always just sat unused and unloved. > > What really kills me is that my manual focusing ability has gotten so poor > (damned aging eyes) that I was rarely able to improve focus by "going manual" > so it was tough to tell that it was something that could even be FIXED. > > Happy now, though. > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [email protected] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
