Re: Cosina 55mm f1.2 - yikes!

2009-12-13 Thread eckinator
Charles was it a Cosinon 55/1.2 or 55/2.1 please? Cheers Ecke 2009/12/13 Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: A guy came over to my house to buy an old lens from me... he had the K20D with a Cosina 55mm f1.2 on it. That lens.  Wow.  It's like looking through this big glass tube - the size of

Re: Cosina 55mm f1.2 - yikes!

2009-12-13 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 13, 2009, at 5:55, eckinator wrote: Charles was it a Cosinon 55/1.2 or 55/2.1 please? 1.2 -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Cosina 55mm f1.2 - yikes!

2009-12-13 Thread eckinator
Thanks! 2009/12/13 Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: On Dec 13, 2009, at 5:55, eckinator wrote: Charles was it a Cosinon 55/1.2 or 55/2.1 please? 1.2  -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org

Re: Cosina 55mm f1.2 - yikes!

2009-12-13 Thread Thibouille
This a well known lens marketed as cosina, rokinon and couple other brands. No 'A' setting as far as i know however. On Sunday, December 13, 2009, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks! 2009/12/13 Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: On Dec 13, 2009, at 5:55, eckinator wrote: Charles

Re: Cosina 55mm f1.2 - yikes!

2009-12-13 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 13, 2009, at 15:02, Thibouille wrote: This a well known lens marketed as cosina, rokinon and couple other brands. No 'A' setting as far as i know however. Boy howdy, I wouldn't care. I wish I'd taken the time to play with it while the dude was playing with the lens he was buying

Re: Cosina 55mm f1.2 - yikes!

2009-12-13 Thread Boris Liberman
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: Boy howdy, I wouldn't care.  I wish I'd taken the time to play with it while the dude was playing with the lens he was buying from me!  -Charles When I noticed that lens and looked at photos taken with it, I ended up

Cosina 55mm f1.2 - yikes!

2009-12-12 Thread Charles Robinson
A guy came over to my house to buy an old lens from me... he had the K20D with a Cosina 55mm f1.2 on it. That lens. Wow. It's like looking through this big glass tube - the size of the element on the BACK of the lens is almost as large as the FRONT. Has anyone on this list used it? It felt