On 1/28/03 9:38 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you have Nikon system, too how you assess Pentax lenses (in general) in > comparison with Nikon. > Probbaly one cannot say in general. Just your impressions. > Some people believe Nikkors are better some not... Hi Alek, I have an F80 and a 50/1.4D which I bought from a friend of mine. I borrow other Nikkor lenses from time to time from the same friend, but mostly for the experimentation (mostly out of curiosity for the purpose of the comparison between Pentax and Nikon). I also have a Pronea 600i with 60/2.8D Micro (Oh, don't laugh. I use this for certain scientific macro cataloguing work because of the 100% viewfinder and the archiving convenience of APS). Therefore, my experience with Nikkor lenses is extremely limited and I am not qualified to respond to your question. Having said that, I belong to a group of people in Japan (electronically) who are the dedicated Pentax enthusiasts from whom I learn a lot. I just pass their observations as this particular subject crops up every once in a while. So, I have to qualify this as my hearsay, although fairly reliable info. 1. These die-hard Pentax enthusiasts insist that Pentax lenses and Nikkor lenses are just different, and totally different. It is not the matter of which is better, but it's up to the personal taste. 2. Nikkor lenses traditionally pursued the resolution. Images are very crisp. However, some people never liked that crispness, thus famous saying "never use Nikon for woman's portraiture unless you borrow her stockings :-). 3. The virtue of the Pentax glasses is its more natural rendition of the image. I would not say softer but it is certainly different. They are deliberately designed so. It's more like Leica/Zeiss rendition. I am not an expert in describing this, but I can now tell the difference between the Pentax rendition and Nikon one (not all the time :-). If you examine the images taken with some of the Limited series lenses, the differences are more profound. 4. For this reason, the real Pentax enthusiasts rarely go to Nikon although many of them own Nikon (and other brands) equipment for one reason or another. A lot of them own Yashica/Contax mount equipment for the same reason. They all realize some shortcomings of Pentax bodies such as somewhat slower fps etc, but they do not seem to care much about them. They are usually attracted by the Pentax glasses, not the body. 5. They can go on and on why they like the Pentax glasses but I do not believe they are not biased. They do not talk bad of Nikon system. They just say that Nikon and Pentax glasses are simply different. Some of them do say that they do not quite understand why Pentax users would switch to Nikon if they really appreciate Pentax glasses. The rest, I leave it to the good hands of experts here :-). Cheers, Ken
