 Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:03 pm Post subject: SMC Pentax-A 35-80mm F4-5.6 |
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Spotmatic wrote:
This is the 'plastic fantastic' kit lens of the Pentax MZ-M (ZX-M in the USA). Basically the MZ-M is a very crippled camera, without af, no pop-up flash, no fancy metering modes, no TTL flash metering. What remains is a light no-nonsense camera.
Basically the SMC Pentax-A 35-80mm F4-5.6 is the same as the autofocus FA version, but without the AF and a different external design. It consists of 7 elements in 6 groups.
The lens, on the MZ-M:
The shots below have been made with the 6MP Pentax *ist DS. The lens works wonderfully on that low-MP camera, but I think it falls short on a more demanding camera like the K-5. Also the distortion at the wide end is really obvious.
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Pentax K-5 + Pentax 645 + Canon 5D + Bessa RF 10,5cm Heliar, and a 'little' bag full of MF lenses. The lens list is * here *.
My fast 80s: Asahi-Kogaku Takumar 83mm f/1.9 - Super-Takumar 85mm f/1.9 - FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited - Cyclop 85/1.5 (Helios-40 innards) - Komura 80mm f/1.8 - Meyer Görlitz Primoplan 7,5cm 1:1.9 - Carl Zeiss Jena 80mm f/1.8 Pancolar - Canon 85mm f/1.8 S.S.C. - Canon 85mm f/1.2 S.S.C. Aspherical |
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