On 22/1/17, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: >I don't have direct evidence for the Zeiss only reviews and reputation. >That said, the Pentax, in fact all Pentax 50mm/55mm* are classic >designs. A bit soft wide open, softer in the corners on film. Stop down >to f4.0 or 5.6 and they become sharp as hell, but I expect you noticed >this. This behavior is by design, to give a soft look to portraits >while enabling greater sharpness for other purposes. > >The Zeiss is supposed to be a more modern design but still has the >classic behavior, sharpening up at f2.8, getting sharper as you stop >down to about f8.0. They are similar beasts, but the Zeiss is slightly >sharper. > >Mechanically the Zeiss is built like an old fashioned Takumar M42 screw >mount lens, all high quality metal plus a metal bayonet on lens hood, >something the Tak's never had. Strangely though this lens is part of >a series released in the 0's it came in Nikon F, Canon EOS, Pentax Ka, >and M42... > >In case you're interested you can read God's Great Gift to >Photography's** review of this lens, which is as opinionated and and >laughably at odds with pretty much ever other review as you might expect. > >*The 43mm Ltd, and 40mm M lenses share this characteristic to some >extent too. > >**Kennyboy in his own mind, he's so sure of himself, if you didn't know >better, you might just believe him.
Very interesting! Thanks for the insight PJ -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Production ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- 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.
