Originally posted by spyglass Roentarre...... you are selling precious???? (sorry just had to use that line that I saw another forum member use regarding a limited 77 and reference to the Lord of the Rings). I have this lens and to me it would be my precious. I guess because it makes me work hard and toil more than any of my other lenses, sometimes it seems a tad cruel, but when it all comes together the images are pure magic. When considering selective DOF / targeting elements this lens is a surgeon / sniper and can deliver DOF in waffle thin like increments. It can also be a magnificent light sponge that can absorb light from scenes that other lenses would render dark. This is truly a useful lens / weapon to have tucked in your camera bag, plus some serious bragging rights (as one of Pentax’s faster lenses).
To be honest, this lens was from Jonas B who treated this lens as his precious. He still sent me messages regarding how this lens was going. I think I have not used this lens to the best of its capability and seeing that Jonas B candid work from using this lens is really putting a shame on me.
Again, he sold the lens for reasons that he is switching to a different brand and needing cash at the time. I was blown away with his sample images and you see none of his images floating around on the net because he is very concerned about image theft these days. He probably put codes on all his image with the lowest resolution possible on the web display then deleted after a few days.
I am fickle and my current precious is actually Fa 31 ltd that is least used.
What gets used the most is Fa* 80-200mm f2.8 even though I think it is very over-rated. What prompted me to keep that lens is the vanity. No matter how terrible the images are from this lens, people would say wonderful things about them as soon as I said the shots are taken by this zoom.
A 50mm f1.2 requires an effort to try to use. I often carried it with my travel but its keeper rate with wide aperture gets about 1% keeper rate. All pentax 50mm has the same sharpness at f2; so buying this lens needs justification.
I can still remember the recent messages sent to me calling me gear heads and a ****** for owning these lenses from friendly members etc... Maybe selling lenses helps to improve that image.