Nice pics, but hard to compare distortion based on these and my pics. Perhaps I'll make it out there some day, and we can get together and shoot a brick wall:-) Paul On Oct 4, 2006, at 7:30 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> You're quite right in that I haven't seen any direct comparisons on > the same subject matter between the two lenses. But looking at the > pictures you've showed and comparing them with my DA14 examples (and > others), I see less rectilinear distortion in the DA14. > > Here's my oft-posted page of DA14 examples: > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/14mm-examples/ > > The DA14 reaches its peak performance between f/4.5 and f/5.6 in my > experience, but it's quite good even wide open (as you can see from > the examples). > > I figure that either I become a full time lens tester or I give it up > and take photographs. ;-) They're both darn fine lenses. > > Godfrey > > > On Oct 5, 2006, at 12:18 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> I can't say for sure if the DA 14/2.8 is sharper than the DA 12-24, >> although I expect it would be, at least at f4. However, based on >> images I've seen, I think the DA 12-24 is better corrected. It seems >> to have a bit less barrel distortion. But again, that's based on >> inconclusive evidence. To my knowledge, no one on the list has done >> an actual comparison. That's because none of us can justify owning >> both lenses :-). > > > -- > 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
