Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, David Prakel wrote: > Someone also mentioned Pentax on this topic. I was working last year with > schools projects through a Community Darkroom in NY state. The SLRs we used > were Pentax ZXMs (MXMs in the UK???) with manual focus Pentax 35-85 zooms. > The results from this camera system were simply superb. Light, crisp images > is the only way I can describe it - not the rich velvety mid tone of the > Leica lenses but lively images in their own way. The Pentax images I > certainly could live with. The lens you mention (I guess is the A35-80) is by no means one of the best Pentax lenses, not even too good among their zooms. Interesting that the results were so good. Me, I get better results with my set of SMC Pentax primes than with my M6. Must be because all I have are Russian lenses for the M6 so far :-) Pentax also lets me not only use 60's lenses on a current body, but use current lenses on a 70's body... j - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------