---- Graydon <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 09:24:54AM +0100, mike wilson scripsit: > > ---- Scott Loveless <[email protected]> wrote: > [on comparing 50mm lenses] > > > My money's on the M50/2. Wouldn't that be a bitch if it were true? > > > > Hmmmm. High build quality verus computerated optical design. Old but > > high QC versus new and unknown. Really hard to call on that one, even > > before we start wittering about stuff like bokeh. Think I'll go buy a > > lottery ticket. > > The DA coatings are better than the FA coatings; I'd be more than a > little surprised if the FA coatings weren't better than the M coatings. > > Can't leave that out.
IIRC, K and M coatings increase transmission from 96% to 99.8% per interface, or something in that order. Not much space there for improvement, although there may be a bit of wriggle room on colour rendition. -- 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.
