On 10 Oct 2005 at 1:00, Jim King wrote:

> Derby-
> 
> Thanks for posting your photos taken with the K15/3.5.  They  
> certainly look sharper than my results with the A15/3.5.  These  
> lenses are supposed to have the same design, but my A15 shows very  
> poor sharpness at the edges and in the corners unless stopped down to  
> f11.  Results with my *ist-D are poorer than with film; perhaps this  
> lens just doesn't work well with digital sensors.  I'm surprised that  
> Rob has reported good results with it on digital.
> 
> It's possible I have a bad copy, but it has been serviced by Pentax.

Possibly, Derbys "K" lens was on the "A" setting ;-)

Mine is pretty good right into the corners too, no worse than it performed on 
film. Let me know if you'd like me to pop off a full res test shot for you.

Cheers,


Rob Studdert
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Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

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