On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:14:56 +1000, you wrote: >On 17 Oct 2003 at 15:21, Chris Murray wrote: > >> I saw this in the dpreview.com pentax forums: >> >> http://www.schmidtprint.com/istd.htm >> >> Pentax 600 ED:IF F4 and *ist D. > >Bokeh may be more of an issue than it is when using film. Bright ring bokeh is >hell on the mosaic sensor. Foveon oh Foveon when will Sigma let you go... > >Rob Studdert
All the photos at the link above have very annoying backgrounds. No amount of good bokeh can make up for a busy, annoying background. Also, only the first two photos are anywhere near sharply focused and critically free of motion blur, and one of them has blown highlights. What worries me most about these *istD photos is the blue color fringing that can be seen in all the full-res photos. See http://www.photolin.com/600/thumb0001.htm for some less intrusive backgrounds on photos taken with a DSLR and Pentax FA* 600/4. I don't have the full-res files handy, so I can't provide hi-res samples. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com
