Thanks Fred! Bernd from Germany (PDML memeber) had a brochure on the 200/3.5AF and it said it focused as fast as the eye. Now, why didn`t Pentax make the 35-70/2.8AF in ManF? That would have been a gem, considering its speed. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:57 AM Subject: Re: Upgrading to auto focus
> Hi, Steve. > > > You digress nicely ;) > > Thanks. It's the result of years of practice... <g> > > > Out of curiosity, How did the VS1 200/3.5 AF lens perform? > > Quite well, in my opinion. (Remember, though, that this is being > judged by a manual focus sort of guy - <g>.) Compared to the Ricoh > 50/2, the VS1 200/3.5 seemed quite "snappy" at focusing, and > generally "right on" both for accuracy and for precision. (The > Ricoh seemed to be a little less likely to get the focus exactly > right - whether this is the result of a design difference, a focal > length difference, a sample difference, or what, I really don't > know.) The VS1 looks a lot better than the Ricoh, too - <g>. > > One interesting feature that I tried with the VS1 autofocus lens is > attaching a TC to it - the loss of aperture speed doesn't seem to > affect the autofocusing ability, since it's all in the lens - <g>. > > I've been having some fun playing with the "focus confirmation" > function on the MEF, and the autofocusing functioning of the VS!, > the Ricoh, and the Pentax SMC-AF 35-70/2.8 (which, by the way, and > despite some bad press given it here on the PDML, is actually a > pretty sharp little zoom lens - but I digress...). <g> > > Fred > - > 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 .
