50/1.4 (was Next move from Pentax: ..)

[Sandy Harris]

On 10/18/07, Adam Maas <mykroft at mykroft.com> wrote:

> >> .... Canon 50 f1.8's are the cheapest lens in the system, they
> >> run less than $80 USD new, and are a lens that many recommend to Canon
> >> owners as a must-have (Sharp, fastish, cheap, a good combo). And they're
> >> known to throw fits on Rebels with in-spec but marginal AF calibration.
> >>
> >> -Adam
> >>
> >
> > I know a lot of digiRebel users...  none of them would EVER consider the
> > 50/1.8.  "It doesn't zoom" is the most often heard reason.  sheesh.  It
> > is a noisy flimsy little lens, but wow, is it ever value for money.
>
> I think every digiRebel user I know has one. But both the camera groups
> I'm part of tend to recommend those things as the first lens to buy after
> the kit lens. Usually by the 'try mine' method.

Bringing it back on topic,  anyone care to comment on using a Pentax
50/1.4 on K10D?

-- 
Sandy Harris,
Nanjing, China