| Latest Review Posted | SMC Pentax-F 1.7x AF Adapter
Back in the day Pentax had a mighty lineup of manual focus lenses for film bodies. Then oops Minolta started the AF revolution, Canon and Nikon jumped on board, and Pentax... well they created the little 1.7x AF Adapter.
Skip forward many years, and I wrote a review on this adapter. Today I am completely revising that review upwards. I have changed my mind about the 1.7x Adapter, rating it 8 instead of 7, and going with a 'yes' recommendation.. It could be because I'm thinking of selling my spare one soon.
Other reviewers tell about the pros and cons of this lens. They mention the occasional sky ooohigh price. If I were offered $400 I would try to tell the buyer he could spend less for something more useful. But the average of recent ebay 'sold' listings is a bit over $200, which could be a fair deal, counting for inflation since it first came out.
If you have a certain lenses it can be useful, though sometimes slow to get the shot. My favorites, with FF or digital crop factor, in no particular order:
A* 200/4 Macro
M 200/2,5 [510mm / f5.1 in a small package, though heavy and slow to focus.
A 50/2 or A 50/1.4 - especially good full frame combos.
85/2
most any 90 - 100 lens: normal or Macro, MF or AF, f2.8 or 4.
M 300/f4
old Cult Classic Vivitar 90-180/f4.5 zoom, with tripod foot - see M200/2.5.
I never had the A 200/4 or the 400/5.6 so can't comment.
I tried it on my FA* 600/f4 several times but could not get the Adapter to q... |
