Interesting! What�s the price in Germany? All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen -----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Arnold Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 18. toukokuuta 2001 23:42 Aihe: Re: June Pop Photo: 24-90 overpriced? > >There is a test of the FA24-90 in the current June edition of German "Foto >Magazin". They say that the lens is very good ("sehr gut") but not "super". >Optics are rated 8.4/10, mechanics 8.6/10. Performance in the centre of the >image and wide open is said to be good to very good. Stopped down it is said to >be very good to superb. At the edge of the image performance is less good, as >one would expect. At 90mm and wide open the f number is said to be 0.8 stops >slower than 4.5. There is said to be some barrel distortion at 24mm. > >Compare to the competition (tested in earlier editions): > >Lens Optics Mechnics Price (DM) >Canon 24-85/f3.5-4.5 8.4 9.0 950 >Minolta 24-105/f3.5-4.5 9.2 9.2 1000 >Nikkor 24-85/f2.8-4 8.8 9.2 1500 >Nikkor 24-120/3.5-5.6 9.2 8.4 1460 >Zeiss 24-85/3.5-4.5 9.4 9.4 3500 > >Of course all these tests may have no significance at all. > >Arnold > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
