On 1/5/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Savage wrote: > > >At 11:31 AM 5/01/2007, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> > >>Digital Image Studio wrote: > >> > >>> On 05/01/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Holy Man!!! > >>>> That lens has 18!!!!!! elements in 14 groups. > >>>> Thats 28 air/glass interfaces, and 8 glass/glass interfaces. > >>>> Consider that when you judge it's flare resistance in what can > >>>> only be described as a torture test. > >>>> > >>>> OTOH, my old SMC Takumar 6x7 5/4.5 has awful flare resistance. > >> > > >> > Apparently the sky is falling ;-) > >> > >>Yes, We can be sure that a company that has built some of the world's > >>greatest lenses has now gotten it completely wrong:-). > > > >I'm reserving my judgement until I see a side by side comparison with > the > >FA* 80-200mm f2.8. > > ...which is 16 elements in 13 groups. :)
And weighs almost twice as much. :-) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
