On 2 Feb 2006 at 0:46, Jim King wrote: > My tests showed the DA14 to be be greatly superior to the A15 in > sharpness, clarity, contrast, and freedom from distortion on my *ist- > D. Thinking my A15 might need repair and/or recollimation, I sent it > to Pentax for service (twice), but I saw little improvement. It > works OK on film, but on digital I'll take the DA14 any day
And for anyone who may now be potentially disillusioned with their A15/3.5 here is a quick pic that I took using my lens for Jim when he asked the list about the A15 performance back in October. The accompanying text follows: "Another shot (across next doors lovely front garden :-) at f8 (infinity), CA corrected, geometric distortion corrected (not perspective distortion), contrast controlled and globally sharpened. Only action missing from my normal work-flow is noise management." http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP7597.jpg (~2MB) Maybe I got a good copy? 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
