Well, resolution wise f8.0 appears to be better: http://www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/lens_test/pentax_normal.html I do not know about other lens characteristics (bdimitrov comment is most likely based on these results).
Knut At 13:34 18.06.02 -0400, you wrote: >Thanks for the advice. I particularly like the phrase "trust the lens". > BTW, the site which listed f8 as the best aperture was >http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/index.html > > >Steven Desjardins >Department of Chemistry >Washington and Lee University >Lexington, VA 24450 >(540) 458-8873 >FAX: (540) 458-8878 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/17/02 11:40PM >>> >Trust the lens, it's right (for what it's worth). > >tv > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Len Paris > > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 6:10 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Best aperture for the FA 50 1.4 > > > > > > I think you should go with what is programmed into the chip in > > the lens, which is what you get when you select MTF mode on a > > PZ-1p or use the sharpest aperture setting in the MZ-S. The > > body and lens communicate correctly. Go with it. However, if > > f8 suits you better, you lose nothing by using f8. > > > > Len > > --- > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 3:27 PM > > Subject: Best aperture for the FA 50 1.4 > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I seem to remember seeing somewhere that the "sweet spot" for > > the FA 50 > > > 1.4 was f8. However, when I use the exposure program on the > > MZ-S that > > > tries to choose the sharpest aperture I spend a lot of time at > > f5.6, > > > which is obviously what Pentax thinks. Any thoughts on this? > > > > > > > > > Steven Desjardins > > - > > 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 . >- >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 . >- >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 . - 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 .
