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Quality of my NEWish NiftyFifty !

Morrisseeee · 2008-11-17 17:44:40

Well not new, quite old in fact, I bought in on eBay. Its a Pentax M 50mm f1.7 (I use it manually on the E510). Info:: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/primes/normal/M50f1.7.html I attached it to my Olympus (via an adapter). I took it out for a trial run yesterday. I found it to be quite sharp, even at f1.7, but then I…

17-11-2008 5:44pm

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Well not new, quite old in fact, I bought in on eBay.
Its a Pentax M 50mm f1.7 (I use it manually on the E510).
Info:: http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/primes/normal/M50f1.7.html

I attached it to my Olympus (via an adapter).
I took it out for a trial run yesterday.
I found it to be quite sharp, even at f1.7,
but then I am only comparing it to my kit (zoom) lenses....
Pics below were taken at f2.8.
Not bad for an old lens, although..... they were made to last !

Cropped of above, with contrast....

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