d50 and pentax 50mm

[beloved84]

i just ordered a d50 and by chance i found an old SMC Pentax-M 1:1.7 50mm laying around the house. Will it work with the d50 and how is the lense?

 

[beloved84]

nevermind. found out it won't mount.

 

[coldrain]

The old primes from Pentax are very good, better than just about any other make.You can of course mount them on a Pentax K100D. But only with manual focus. So, if you want to explore what this little gem can do, you should cancel the order for the D50 and get a K100D instead, with image stabilization in-body.

 

[uberfoto]

The old primes from Pentax are very good, better than just about any other make.You can of course mount them on a Pentax K100D. But only with manual focus. So, if you want to explore what this little gem can do, you should cancel the order for the D50 and get a K100D instead, with image stabilization in-body.

Meh, the Pentax is a good camera but I would rather have the D50 personally. Keep the D50. You can pick up a Nikkor 50mm 1.8 and 50mm 1.4 for $100 and $300 respectively.

The Pentax might be more enticing once they refresh their lens offerings.

 

[Buschmaster]

nevermind. found out it won't mount.

Send it to me.

 

[wmmk]

Send it to me.

darn you for saying that! oh well, i suppose i need to focus on getting myself a telephoto.

 

[beloved84]

you can find the lense pretty cheap on ebay.