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m42geo wrote:

The A* 85mm and the 50mm you mentioned both are not auto focus. It is such a big shame that Pentax don;t produce more F1.4 auto focus lens. How wonderful it would be if all the Limted lenses are F1.4s.

Thanks for your suggestion anyway.

The Pentax FA*85/1.4 is auto focus if you can find and afford one.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on FA 43mm ltd or Sigma 50mm 1.4 or DA* 55mm 1.4 at 23/06/2011 - 08:44

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_aberration

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on lens question at 23/06/2011 - 07:22

PentaxExpert wrote:
My pal who is pretty high up in the world of cameras (he works in a camera shop cant say which one but it rhymes with press ups) has recomended I add this Pro 58mm lenss to my arsenal link .
He did also mention that it has plenty of chromatic abhoration. What does this mean.

It means you should never trust anyone who works for a shop that rhymes with press ups

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on lens question at 23/06/2011 - 07:11

Sigma also produced a 18mm f/3.5 some years ago, less popular than the Tokina and Tamron 17mm lenses. I've no idea of the IQ but if it's anywhere near as good as the 24mm/2.8 Superwide or 16mm/2.8 Fisheye it would be well worth a look.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Lens for Street Photography at 22/06/2011 - 10:01

It costs plenty of beer vouchers though

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Lens for Street Photography at 22/06/2011 - 09:01

wadna wrote:

johnwhit wrote:

wadna wrote:
[quote:3496ace15f="johnwhit"]The only other lens I could think of was the K 18/3.5 but very hard to find on the used market, no auto metering either. More compact than the K/A 15mm

http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/primes/ultra-wide/K18f3.5.html

John

Not easy to find as you say.

Zeiss Distagon T* 3,5/18 ZK ££££££££

or some old 3rd party 17mm Tokina, Tamron etc

John

Isn't the Zeiss the twin of the K/A 15/3.5?[/quote]Not as far as I am aware.

https://photo-shop.zeiss.com/en/Products/1671-817

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Lens for Street Photography at 22/06/2011 - 08:58

wadna wrote:

johnwhit wrote:
The only other lens I could think of was the K 18/3.5 but very hard to find on the used market, no auto metering either. More compact than the K/A 15mm

http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/primes/ultra-wide/K18f3.5.html

John

Not easy to find as you say.

Zeiss Distagon T* 3,5/18 ZK ££££££££

or some old 3rd party 17mm Tokina, Tamron etc

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Lens for Street Photography at 22/06/2011 - 08:49

m42geo wrote:
I am very happy with my FA 31mm Ltd. I use it whenever possible. It is a real level up from either the DA*16-50 or the sigma 18-50.

Now we're talking about primes, it's in a different league to any zoom. The FA-31 Ltd outresolves the "benchmark" lens that is used to compare just about every lens ever tested since before I was born, The Zeiss 50mm/1.4 Planar. There aren't many lenses that do outresolve the Planar but the 43mm Ltd, 31mm Ltd and FA-35/2 are amongst a select few that do. You have to get things into perspective

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on WTB DA* 16-50mm at 22/06/2011 - 07:25

The only other lens I could think of was the K 18/3.5 but very hard to find on the used market, no auto metering either. More compact than the K/A 15mm

http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/primes/ultra-wide/K18f3.5.html

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Lens for Street Photography at 22/06/2011 - 07:10

My sentiments exactly and at least you get the hood and case with Pentax

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on WTB DA* 16-50mm at 21/06/2011 - 19:07

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