Ok, thanks for the feedback. Have you specifically found ANY pair of OUTSTANDING lenses that you could see a difference between the two on fine grain BW film but the istD was unable to resolve the that difference? I say this because I am specifically concerned about its ability to resolve the differences between the finest lenses out there, not just see differences between excellent, good, and fair lenses... jco
-----Original Message----- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 4:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Pentax K 2.5/200mm J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > So now I will ask a question, is the resolution of the istD > series cameras high enough to tell the difference between an > excellent and a slightly better truly exception lens In the APS region it > covers? Or does at some point the resolution become "camera limited" > and two lenses both outstanding but slightly different > performance become "one" and these differences are not > resolved at all as they clearly would be on film grained BW film? > > JCO > > Oh you can tell the difference instantly. I've compared several lenses in the same focal range but different levels of quality and the results speak for themselves. I'm about to undertake a more substantial project with another PDML member to document lens characteristics of various lenses. rg
