The DA 12-24 is excellent, and for $900 it should be. I don't shoot brick walls, I make photographs, so I don't have scientific evidence. But I know a good photo when I see one. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm yet to be convinced that the Pentax DA lens line is real quality glass > like the FA and older Pentax primes. They strike me as being cheap, light, > and plastic. I have not read or seen any real scientific lens tests on > them. I have not heard anything other than anecdotal subjective opinions > that are more likely gushing adoration of the Pentax brand than anything > else. > > Nothing's ever as good as it gets! :-) > > > > >With the advent of super wides to cover the hole left by 1.5x crop > >factor, its not much of an issue to me any longer. The 12-24 is an > >amazing lens. The only remaining problem is noise due to smaller photo > >site sizes. If Pentax has done a good job managing this in the K10D, > >there is not a whole lot more that the FF is going to offer for the > >considerable premium it would require. I think the K10D has the > >potential to be about as good as it gets for an APS sized camera. > > > >rg > > > >-- > >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
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