Thanks Anthony, that's the best "maybe" I've ever heard. ;-) The lens is rather hard to find, I'll have to give $70-$100 for one, probably sight unseen except for pics. Think it's worth the chance for an "average" everyday snapshot lens?
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Farr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: SMCP A 35/2.8 any good? > > > I have one and didn't know it was a dud until I joined this list ;-) > > Seriously, though, one contributor even described the lens as "mediocre", > despite the lens test sites associated with this list (Stan's, Yoshi's) > finding that it, or the identical (but for coating formula) M35/2.8, was > mostly an average performer that sometimes did better than well regarded > lenses. It seemed that "average" and "mediocre" had at some time come to > have the same meaning. Average in Pentax terms when this lens was new was > quite good, they had not yet fully embraced the concept of "consumer > quality". > > I suspect that batch variation could be an issue. Perhaps some > parts of the > world got an entire bad shipment, so testing before you buy may be > advisable. > > Also to consider is that SLRs are very intolerant to backfocus errors when > wide angle lenses are used. Wide angle lenses may have deep > depth of field > (at the subject plane) but they have critically narrow depth of focus (at > the film plane). I once thought that all my wides were crap > until I checked > the viewfinder registration of my cameras. They were all out of register > but normal and long lens shots still looked sharp. Once that was fixed my > wides all became top performers again. > > regards, > Anthony Farr > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I've been looking for a decent A type 35mm to use as a normal > lens on the > D. > > I understand the A35/2.8 is pretty soft wide open but does > anyone know how > > it > > is otherwise? > > I have a nice K 35/3.5 but want something to use in P or Av mode for > every- > > day quick "snaps". > > > > TIA > > Don > > > >
