I finally had a chance to look at these. I focused my attention on the f5.6 shots, since these are probably the best comparison. In general, I'd say the DA zoom comes very close to the primes in most cases and betters them here and there. I think that's the most one can expect from a zoom. In regard to claims by some that it can't record fine detail, I think these tests prove that it records detail quite well, and if it consistently betters the primes in anyone area at f5.6, it would be in recording detail. Thanks for taking the time to conduct this test and post the results. And thanks to Godders for reposting it. Paul On Aug 28, 2006, at 9:06 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
> On 29/08/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> For anyone who wants to see Rob Studdert's comparison shots take with >> the DA16-45, A20 and A24 lenses, and who might be having difficulty >> with the size of the .zip file or issues with unzip, I've put an >> updated version of Rob's read me along with individually downloadable >> image files at >> >> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/DAZoomTest/ >> >> Rob, if this is any difficulty for you, let me know and I'll pull it >> immediately. > > Cool;, thanks Godfrey. :-) > > -- > 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
