I did have to improvise a lens hood with my hand, but I still think it did a super job. That old SMC stuff is still very good. CM
On 29 December 2013 16:14, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not that long ago a, five years at most IIRC, Modern Photography did an > article on winter photography, with the sun in or just out of frame on > digital cameras, if you read the photo credits all of the lenses used were > Pentax super multi coated primes, from the late 1970s early 1980s So lets > see, fewer lens elements with superior coatings really does mean less flare. > Who would have thunk. One of the reasons I think dropping the SMC > designation for HD is a pretty bad marketing idea. If you know about SMC, > you know. > > > On 12/29/2013 3:33 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: >> >> I've been prevaricating over whether to get the Fujinon 23mm f1.4 with >> what's left of the money from my Pentax DSLR sale. At 800 GBP though, >> it doesn't seem right. So, for a tenth of the price I got myself a >> Pentax M 24mm f2.8. I took it round the block for a stroll on >> Christmas morning and I must say it's very well behaved. I was >> particularly pleased with this one where it handled the back lighting >> admirably: >> http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/ChristmasMorn2013/slides/DSCF0501.html >> >> Or: >> >> http://tinyurl.com/qx42n3q >> >> Belated seasons' greatings to all. >> >> Chris >> > > > -- > A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the > crazy, crazier. > > - H.L.Mencken > > > > -- > 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.
