On 10 Aug 2004 at 9:54, John C. O'Connell wrote: > I never said there was anything "wrong" with the design, > it's just that AT THE SPECIFIC magnification the older > designs were designed for, the pseudo-zooms are going > to hard time matching the classic fixed designs, the > extra elements needed for faster speed and wider focus > range become a burden rather than help in terms of contrast, > saturation, and flare reduction just like a prime is better > at one focal length than a zoom at the same focal length. > Except in this case you are comparing a FAST ZOOM to a Slower > prime. Guess which one is almost always going to be better > if you use the prime for what it was designed for?
We've engaged in this debate a few times here but I've never seen any proof of the claims. Lens design has come a long way in 30 years, surely they have made some headway in performance? Unfortunately I don't have any old lenses and I suspect you don't have any new ones, so does anyone have both and are willing to execute some rudimentary tests? Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
