On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 10:14:09PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi scripsit: > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Graydon<[email protected]> wrote: > >> I didn't say that, Paul. I said I didn't find it 2x to 3x the quality > >> as implied by 3x the price. I also found that it flared in various > >> circumstances and was difficult to fit with a decent lens hood. > > > > Price-performance never scales in a linear way, though. ... > > I am quite aware of that.
But you did not write like as though you were aware of that -- "2x to 3x the quality as implied by 3x the price" is as near to linear in expectation as makes no nevermind. [snip] > I found the 31 Limited on the DSLRs to be disappointing for its price > tag ... primarily for reasons of flare, flare that was not easy to > prevent since I couldn't fit a decent lens hood without creating some > weird contraption or hunting down just the right one that would sneak > inside the fixed hood. And the idiocy of creating a fixed lens hood > that permanently blocks or makes clumsy the use of other lens > accessories put it over the top. The only time I've ever had flare issues with mine, sticking a polarizer on it handled them nicely, and the cutaway hood does make it easy to turn polarizers. > That's it, it's my opinion and I voted with my wallet: I sold the lens > to someone who appreciated it more than I, took the money and bought > other lenses that I found more suitable. Which is only sensible, after all. > If that bugs you for some unknown reason, well, that's not my problem. Gracious, no. Precision of expression in a written medium, though; that's so rarely purely an issue with the reader. -- Graydon -- 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.
