Alan Chan wrote: > > I have always thought Pentax lenses have not-so-high contrast and > not-so-vivid colour in general. At least that is the case when compared to > Nikkors, or Pentax 67 lenses against Mamiya 7 lenses.
Hi Alan, No doubt someone will correct me if I am wrong, but I have always admired the Pentax "look" which comes from the use of the superb SMC coating. I always thought that SMC Takumar and SMC Pentax lenses had generally *higher* contrast than Nikkors but they appeared slightly less sharp because Nikon lenses tend to have over-corrected spherical aberration. This gave Nikkors great apparent sharpness but lousy bokeh. I like the Pentax 'look' better, however there are a small number of Nikkors that also 'look' good. I hope that doesn't make what I meant less clear than before. ;-) John
