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10-10-2019, 03:02 AM - 1 Like   #1
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the DA* 55mm f1.4 SDM Club

it was suggested that this lens has enough of a following to warrant its own club...

I certainly think it is special enough for one.....


I bought my copy used from Adorama:



essentially, I replaced my Sigma 50mm f1.4 HSM with this lens:



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but we want photos taken with the lens, right, for this to be a club...



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nice idea for a thread

nice photos

and use of the SMU

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QuoteOriginally posted by aslyfox Quote
nice idea for a thread

nice photos

and use of the SMU



yeah - I cannot claim the original idea on this one....

don't you have a new (to you) lens?

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come to think about it

yeah

got it from a fellow member via the market place

[ my wife has been nice to me once again ]

haven't used it much yet

hand held, through the glass of the enclosure at the Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center
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I expect we will get a few more members posting here in the near future
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I should hope so...
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the word has been sent out via PM to a few members and via this thread to the forum:

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