On 20 Apr 2002 at 1:00, Mishka wrote: > As far as I understand, A* lenses have never been victims of "economics and > saleability". Still, FA* 85/1.4 goes for what (older) A*85/1.4 and (a lot older > and slower) K85/1.8 I don't have doubts that they are good. My question is, are > they *that* good? There are other lenses from the same time (C & N) that go for > half the money (I seriously doubt that Cannon L glass is inferior to Pentax A*).
These A* lenses are good, why don't you think that Canon L glass wouldn't be inferior to Pentax? The FA*85f1.4 has very different optical characteristics to the A*85f1.4 which provides an image closer to the K85f1.8 in look. BTW It's actually Saturday afternoon :-) Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
