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-----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:48 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PDML members: What is your SHARPEST lens? Assuming we are talking about sharpness at optimum aperture, I would have to say my FA50 1.4, closely followed by the FA100 2.8 macro and the FA135 2.8. On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love Frank's sig: "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson yet there is little that exceeds sharpness as the mark > of a great optical design. There have been several lenses that have > been claimed to be the "sharpest" in the Pentax stable, and others > beyond Pentax (Zeiss probably most often mentioned). > > So I thought I would ask PDML members for their opinions on which lens > (or lenses) they would rank as the sharpest in their stable: Overall > and > Wide Open > > I do not have a GREAT collection of lenses from which to choose, but I > would have to say that mine right now, at least the sharpest wide open > is the Tele-Takumar 200mm f5.6. In addition to sharpness it has great > color and contrast. I love that lens. I have two lenses on the way > that might rival it (we'll have to see)... a Vivitar Series 1 28-90mm > f2.8-3.5 and a screwmount S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 (version 2). The > latter is definitely not the sharpest wide open (but acceptably so) > but is often mentioned as one of the finest 135mm lenses in the known > universe. > > What say you? > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
