There will always be discussions about lens tests. However, measuring resolution in lp/mm is a good starting point - after all, we all want to know to which degree detail can be recorded on film. If you don't trust tests, I guess it's a good idea to test it your self. Or have someone photograph a test target or a newspaper page a various apertures/focal lengths at a given distance in daylight - then judge for your self. You are the final judge. If you think it's good enough, then it is.
I know photodo gave - for instance the FA 70-200mm - bad grades. I have owned this lens - and it really WAS bad. The F 4-5.6/70-210 was rated quite high in German Fotomagazin as well as by photodo. And it really is quite good, although a little slow for some of my needs (concert shots etc.). I wish there was some kind of standard independent testing organisation, who could test all new (and some old) lenses. In the old days, Fotomagazine did a good job. After the death of the guy who invented the test, I don't know. I guess the problem is that photographic magazines are NOT independent, because their main source of income is the photographic manufacturers. We should actually form some kind of user organisation to provide the necessary tests. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Frantisek Vlcek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 25. juni 2004 08:44 Til: Nenad Djurdjevic Emne: Re: Pentax F-series lenses?? ND> I have never owned a A70-210/4 but I notice everyone seems to have agood ND> opinion of it even though www.photodo.com gives it only a grade 2.2. By ND> comparison the F 70-210/4-5.6 is given a rating of 3.4. Could it be that Just do not believe all lens tests. Simple. Judge for yourself. There were big discussions about photodo some years back here IIRC, but it's lost from the archives probably. Best regards, Frantisek Vlcek
