On Sep 24, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Well, just to follow-up on my earlier stuff I was making a big error.
Exmor does not equal Exmor-R. The APS-C sensor is the plain vanilla
Exmor (not the backlit Exmor-R technology).
This page explains the improvements that came with the plain
I totally concur here. I'm in the middle of Galia's and mine trip to
USA and even in Chicago I could get good pictures with 33mm lens of my
Ricoh. The 50 mm equivalent focal length is extremely versatile.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote:
is on the KEH website
On 25 September 2012 04:06, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Regarding the $2000 Pentax-A* 135mm f1.8. Some say it is one of the 4
or 5 best lenses Pentax has ever made, but I would love to see a
comparison between it and the K 135mm f2.5 (or the same optics in the
S-M-C Takumar 135mm
is on the KEH website right now:
http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Autofocus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-AP06999048589N?r=FE
It's my most used lens.
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Wow, there's actually 2 of them, the other a bit o more with caps and
hood. I always wanted this lens but was always spending my money
something else.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote:
is on the KEH website right now:
This lens (FA 35mm f2) is a bit less sought after since the
introduction of the Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL which, by all reports,
gives close to the same sort of performance for about half of the
price. I think that has reduced demand and prices on what this lens
was fetching prior that lens being
I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and more
contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience of a
zoom, particularly when working quickly and efficiently is important.
Paul
This lens (FA 35mm f2) is a bit less sought after since the
KEH seems to have them quite frequently.
From: Steven Desjardins
Wow, there's actually 2 of them, the other a bit o more with caps and
hood. I always wanted this lens but was always spending my money
something else.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote:
is on
LOL ...
The FA35/2 AL was my most used lens until I obtained te FA43/1.9
Limited. I much preferred it to the FA31/1.8 Limited too. :-)
Never found it to be less sharp than any zoom, the only zoom I used
that was on par (but two stops slower) was the FA20-35/4 AL.
G
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at
Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8
in stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last.
Almost $2K in bargain condition!
http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK06009016184N?r=FE
On 9/24/2012 11:20 AM, Doug Brewer
: Monday, September 24, 2012 12:25 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and
more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience
of a zoom, particularly when working
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in
stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last.
Almost $2K in bargain condition!
Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is
sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard
to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when
working quickly and efficiently is important.
Bit of a size/weight
: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is
sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard
to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when
working quickly and efficiently
Regarding the $2000 Pentax-A* 135mm f1.8. Some say it is one of the 4
or 5 best lenses Pentax has ever made, but I would love to see a
comparison between it and the K 135mm f2.5 (or the same optics in the
S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 (version 2). *That* is a stellar lens (albeit
without A
Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in
stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last.
Almost $2K in bargain condition!
On 9/24/2012 1:54 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in
stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last.
Almost $2K in bargain condition!
On Sep 24, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is
sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard
to dispute the convenience of a zoom,
1:54 PM
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Subject: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is
sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard
to dispute the convenience of a zoom
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:37 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/24/2012 1:54 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in
stock at this
The SMC P 135mm f2.5 has been called the poor mans A*135. I have never
even seen a A*135 but I have one each of the 135mm f2.5 in K and M42
(SMCT), and I can attest to their excellent imaging qualities both on
film and digital. I was able to get them quite inexpensively mostly
because 135mm
ROFLMAO…
FA lenses don't have the edge sharpness that the DA lenses deliver. They're not
engineered to work with a sensor, and it's obvious in the results.
P
On Sep 24, 2012, at 12:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote:
LOL ...
The FA35/2 AL was my most used lens until I
On 9/24/2012 2:47 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:37 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/24/2012 1:54 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/
Stenquist
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 2:59 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
ROFLMAO.
FA lenses don't have the edge sharpness that the DA lenses deliver. They're
not engineered to work with a sensor, and it's obvious in the results.
P
On Sep 24, 2012
Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Pentax literature points out how the final element of DA glass is
configured to direct the photons at right angles to the sensor to
compensate for the fact that the sensor is most sensitive to
perpendicular light. Film did not have this issue, hence FA
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Subject: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Pentax literature points out how the final element of DA glass is
configured to direct the photons at right angles to the sensor to
compensate for the fact that the sensor is most sensitive
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Pentax literature points out how the final element of DA glass is
configured to direct the photons at right angles to the sensor to
compensate for the fact that the sensor is most sensitive to
perpendicular light. Film
It's still there at 3:30. Being broke suX.
They also have 300 F2.8 SMC FA ED INTERNAL FOCUS (43 DROP-IN) WITH
FILTERS WITH HOOD, CAPS, CASE, 35MM SLR AUTO FOCUS TELEPHOTO LENS
http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Autofocus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-AP06999107182R?r=FE
I wonder if maybe
re: improved off-axis light performance for Exmor sensor design
After writing my last post about asking Falk Lumo about this, I
decided to do it so sent him a PM through Pentax Forums. I'll pass
along any reply he may have time to give if and when it happens.
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On 9/24/12 17:59, Darren Addy wrote:
This lens (FA 35mm f2) is a bit less sought after since the
introduction of the Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL which, by all reports,
gives close to the same sort of performance for about half of the
price. I think that has reduced demand and prices on what this
From: Darren Addy
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com
wrote:
Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in
stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last.
Almost $2K in bargain condition!
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Pentax literature points out how the final element of DA glass is
configured to direct the photons at right angles to the sensor to
compensate for the fact that the sensor
Bad form to reply to oneself, but since I'm mostly talking to myself
here I pass this along just to be complete.
: )
I found the following illustration of how sensors were always
discussed pre-Exmor. A lot of people still discuss them this way,
throwing them all in the same bucket.
Bruce Walker wrote:
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Pentax literature points out how the final element of DA glass is
configured to direct the photons at right angles to the sensor to
compensate for the
Well, just to follow-up on my earlier stuff I was making a big error.
Exmor does not equal Exmor-R. The APS-C sensor is the plain vanilla
Exmor (not the backlit Exmor-R technology).
This page explains the improvements that came with the plain vanilla Exmor:
Mark Roberts wrote:
It's probably a mistranslation, then. Astigmatism is a lens aberration
in which light rays are bent differently along the horizontal axis
with respect to the vertical. Or vice-versa ;-)
To clarify: Imagine a + sign. With a lens exhibiting significant
astigmatism you could get
I diagnosed myself with having an astigmatism while in the Navy in 1965, off
the coast of Vietnam. I noticed a difference in the lines of a bar-code when I
was sitting up or lying down at about 15 feet from the cardboard box. It has
only gotten marginally worse 47 years later.
Maybe we should
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