Re: [APML] Pentax 6x7 wide angle lens?

[Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>]

At 08:08 PM 10/31/2001 -0800, Michael Greger wrote:
>As long as we are on the topic of the Pentax 6x7 and wide angle lenses
>for meteor photography, lets combine the two subjects :)  Has anyone on
>the list tried a 45mm or 55mm Pentax 6x7 lens for AP?  

The 55mm f4 lens is great.

>Searching through
>the archives, I find that I lot of people use the 105mm f/2.4 

The 105mm f2.4 is great.

>and 200mm
>f/4.  I have both and they are great (now if I could ever get the images
>scanned!).  How do the 45mm f/4 and 55mm f/4 compare?  How about the
>older 55mm f/3.5 or 35mm fisheye?  

The 35mm fisheye has severe vignetting and lateral chromatic aberration.
I am posting an image from it in a separate message.
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Matt BenDaniel
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