Maxxum 5D and new K-M lenses an encouraging sign

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"Alan Browne" <alan1browne@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Looks like a great little package, and being announced along with three
> "digital" lenses as well as a new pro "G (D)" 85mm f/1.4 that will be
> available around PMA time. This lens is 36x24mm compatible so my
> Maxxum 9 and 7xi will be happy.
>
> The 85 f/1.4 has always been on my A- list. I find doing portraits
> with the 100 f/2.8 to be a little marginal in my home studio, esp. for
> cropped digital shots.

You may be disappointed to learn, then, that the new lens is a 35mm f1.4...

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071502km35mm14.asp

Sorry, Alan...

Martin

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Alan Browne wrote:

>
> This all indicates that K-M's "high value market" orientation made last
> Spring is, as we suspected, aimed at the SLR's, both film and digital.
>
> Now, K-M, how about a 10 Mpix Maxxum 9D with 1.37 crop...
>
> Cheers,
> Alan
>
Dream on Alan... Dream on.

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Alan Browne wrote:

> Thanks for pointing that out. I guess I was reading what I wanted to
> read!
>
> Of course there already *is* an 85mm "G" (D) f/1.4 lens, so I'm still
> in happy land (I'd forgotten about the "D" release some months or a
> year or so ago). The 35mm may have appeal for me but not likely ...
> I'll leave it on my "B" list.
>


Looks like it's just an update to the 35mm f1.4 they already make, not a
"new" lens..

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On 18 Jul 2005 05:32:35 -0700, "Alan Browne" <alan1browne@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>You're correct in that the optical formula for the 35mm probably has
>not changed. Same for the 85mm, which is my main interest. They've
>added the (D) flash integration, which is not of much interest to me as
>I manually set my lights.
>
>wrt the 85mm G, a mid 90's design, it is well known as a supperb lens
>in all respects. It would be a mistake to mess with the optical
>formula in any case.
>
>Cheers,
>Alan

I'm wondering if they are going to start adding lenses to the formula
that make the light rays come in at a more closely perpendicular
angle, the way Olympus and other mfgs have done?
In fact, adding a negative lens at the back of the group allows great
optical freedom to correct aberrations IF you make the "power" of the
front lens group slightly less than it is now. One of the problems of
super-compact lenses is the restriction they place on this, requiring
higher "magnifications" from each element to produce a certain focal
length in a confined space.
-Rich