I would put much faith, if any, in these lens tests. P�l
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Gittings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 5:38 PM Subject: RE: 43/1.9 Limited versus any Pent ax 50mm > Then you need to figure out how they can have such a wide difference in MTF > test results. Just because they have the same optical groups doesn't mean > they actually have the same lenses in them. While the FA-50/1.4 overall > rating of 4.2 is nothing to sneeze at the F-50/1.4 rating of 4.6 makes it > just about the best 50 ever tested by Photodo. Even the F-50/1.7 tested to > 4.4. > While my own tests indicates that differences as much as .5 in the ratings > are hard to tell even in blowups you have to decide on your own if what you > have works for you. > Wouldn't be the first time a camera maker changed glass formulations to save > a buck or two in later generation of the same lens. Especially if you can't > tell much difference shooting. > Kent Gittings > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Roberts > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 10:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: 43/1.9 Limited versus any Pent ax 50mm > > > -- Original Message -- > > >I'd go for a used SMC-F 50/1.4 as it is a little sharper than the FA > >version. > > ??? > These two lenses are identical except for cosmetics. > > -- > Mark Roberts > www.robertstech.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > www.mimesweeper.com > ********************************************************************** > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
