Excellent. look forward to seeing the results. I'll have to see how much displacement my barrel shows when I have time. I know there is some. The 12-24, on the other hand, doesn't extend very far and shows virtually no movement. It's apparently a completely different design. Paul On Aug 24, 2006, at 8:29 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
> On 24/08/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Perhaps there is some sample variation. My 16-45 records fine detail >> extremely well when used on a tripod and stopped down between f5.6 >> and >> 11. > > They vary per sample, at the 16mm setting the filter ring can be > displaced laterally about 2mm, talk about de-centring. I'm hardly > surprised that it records detail well between f5.6 and f11, most > lenses perform their best around these apertures. I'll do a wide open > test at 24mm against my lowly 20+ year old designed A24/2.8 tomorrow, > hopefully my perspective will remain unclouded through the fog of my > discontent. > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
