...as for psychological considerations, there is also the unbendable urge to consider any shortfalls of Pentax equipment as unfair testing, biased German/French/American/Tralfamadorian testers, bad sample, or oh-poor-me Pentax doesn't never gets a fair shake criticism. To demean pruple fringing as a problem that only occurs for the poor photog who shoots backlit twigs is to miss the point - purple fringing is well known in digital sensor testing - check Dpreview.com for many examples- so lack of mention for Canon and Nikon would indicate, duh, a lack of that problem on the lens/camera combos tested.
I love Pentax, but long ago gave up the notion that they have the "best lenses on planet urth." Whilst Pentax has many fine lenses and cameras, it is sad that they have a bad habit of falling short when there is no need to fall short, i.e., newly designed expensive cameras and lenses such as the K20 and DA* 200. But Pentax is not alone in lens shortfalls - consider how many recent DA-type lenses of all manufacturers (with reduced image circle) suffer from severe light falloff in the corners. What's with that? They have a smaller area to cover and can't make a design to cover it without significant (1 stop +) falloff? . -- John Mustarde Paris, TX -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
