On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:36 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/6/2014 12:08 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >> On 1/5/2014 12:16 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> Have you compared teh Sigma and the 16-50? The latter, when properly >>> assembled, has very good image quality. >>> >>> Paul >> >> Indeed. Paul, the only issue here is to how to come up with 16-50 that >> is properly assembled as you say. And notice - it is far outside of USA >> we're talking about. My understanding is that Attila is from Romania and >> me, as you know - the Israel is very small country as far as Pentax >> corporate is concerned. In fact, I'm yet to see any Pentax lens (beside >> the kit or double kit) to be offered for sale here in a non-virtual shop. >> >> Again, ultimately the differences between lenses of this class are more >> subjective. Further, it is very difficult to reason about them because >> if person A values sharpness and person B values color rendition - how >> do you make them talk the common language? Or if person A just likes the >> way Sigma renders tones, it does not really matter what person B has to >> say about Pentax DA* lens... >> >> Since I'm totally happy with Sigma 17-70/2.8-4.5, I should probably be >> more quiet anyway :-). >> >> Boris >> >> > > Still, whether you live in a big country or a small one, the 16-50 you > get is assembled in the same plant as the one Paul gets. If Pentax Ricoh > (or Ricoh Pentax whichever it is) were to fix the quality issue for one > it would fix it for all. > I suspect they have fixed the issue in regard to the 16-50, but I would still test a new one immediately and return to the store if necessary.
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