K200/4 testing

2014-03-20 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Picked one up today at a thrift store. (Won't say how much I paid for it.) Shot a few after work in the subdued light of a typically cloudy Ohio day. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/13295996563/ Detail is quite good. No noticeable fringing like many M A series lenses do. (Though a bit

Re: K200/4 testing

2014-03-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
I was fond of the M version. With a 58mm filter ring it seemed very compact to me. Sharp, Paul via phone On Mar 20, 2014, at 5:55 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Picked one up today at a thrift store. (Won't say how much I paid for it.) Shot a few after work in the

Re: K200/4 testing

2014-03-20 Thread J.C. O'Connell
I have most of the K series lenses between 15mm and 400mm and have found them to be excellent both optically and mechanically. In most cases they are superior to their M counter parts. In the case of the A lenses, some are optically superior, but none are mechanically built better than the K