RE: Curious - who would make a no-name 85/1.4

2008-11-24 Thread Bob W
Samyang. http://www.syopt.co.kr/eng/product/manual_zoom.asp Bob I had this on my ebay watch list and no one seems to have bought. Not that I'm interested either (my FA85 and the phrase cold dead hands comes to mind), but who would make a generic 85/1.4 lens. Seems odd Looks

Re: Curious - who would make a no-name 85/1.4

2008-11-24 Thread Adam Maas
Interestingly, it's an Aspherical design, which is somewhat exotic for an 85. Wonder if it's any good. Loks like Samyang may be looking at moving up in the lens world. They're currently the replacement for Cosina at the low end of the 3rd party market. -Adam On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:58 AM, Bob

Re: Curious - who would make a no-name 85/1.4

2008-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Loks like Samyang may be looking at moving up in the lens world. They're currently the replacement for Cosina at the low end of the 3rd party market. Adam, is the above the long version of rubbish? ;-) Boris -- PDML

Re: Curious - who would make a no-name 85/1.4

2008-11-24 Thread Adam Maas
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Loks like Samyang may be looking at moving up in the lens world. They're currently the replacement for Cosina at the low end of the 3rd party

Re: Curious - who would make a no-name 85/1.4

2008-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
I've FA 77 limited which serves all my moderate tele needs just nicely ;-). Adam Maas wrote: On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Loks like Samyang may be looking at moving up in the

RE: Curious - who would make a no-name 85/1.4

2008-11-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
Wierd. They note it goes to f22 but the one in the eBay ad only stopped to f16. -Brendan --- Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Samyang. http://www.syopt.co.kr/eng/product/manual_zoom.asp Bob I had this on my ebay watch list and no one seems to have bought. Not that I'm interested

RE: Curious - who would make a no-name 85/1.4

2008-11-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Samyang. http://www.syopt.co.kr/eng/product/manual_zoom.asp Bob Reported Attack Site! This web site at www.syopt.co.kr has been reported as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences. I had this on my ebay watch list and no

Re: Curious - who would make a no-name 85/1.4

2008-11-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Possibly anyone interested for Pentax might be put off by the lens mount, which is apparently Nikon F. So anyone looking for Pentax lenses would look elsewhere, and anyone looking for Nikon lenses wouldn't bother to look... Derby Chang wrote: I had this on my ebay watch list and no one