On 5 Apr 2005 at 19:07, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I learn by using my own lens, thank you. There's been nothing in this > thread to learn from. 40-odd messages worrying about a lens that is > well known to be a good performer, if not as good as the finest prime, > is just stupid.
Ahh, it seems you may have missed the point again. Not all of us have to funds, facilities, opportunities to get hands on certain lenses, however if compared to a lens we do know then we have a reference. And for the record I've owned many Pentax lenses in multiples over the years (for instance I only have 3 x A50/1.2 at the moment) and there is very little variation between samples in their primes. So using Pentax primes as reference is a pretty reliable way of long distance lens comparison. You are indeed fortunate if you can afford to buy and then test a lens. Big nose, 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
