> On Jul 29, 2025, at 10:23 AM, Bob W PDML <pdm...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> On 29 Jul 2025, at 16:38, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi BobW! >> >> Thanks! Yes, the Heliar Classic 50/1.5 VM is really nice ... I especially >> like how the blur progresses both in front of and behind the focus plane. >> Its behavior and rendering reminds me a lot of the 1972 Summilux 35mm f/1.4 >> (pre-ASPH), one of my most prized and used lenses. > > I have one of those, made in 1994 according to the serial number. It looks > very nice and is easy to use attached to my recently-acquired LUMIX S5, so I > may take it with me, along with my Pentax K 50/1.2, on a forthcoming trip for > times when I need something smaller and faster than the honking great big > 24-105/4 that will be most used. > > https://share.icloud.com/photos/0b7BGx6yzaOkyrvsk5kbkcnJA
Nice! :D G — "We all get to be young and foolish in our lives. If we survive that, we get to be old and foolish." -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
