And the DA 50-:200, while adequate, is not a stellar performer. Paul
> On Dec 13, 2017, at 7:44 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > It could be a matter of in camera processing if you were shooting jpegs. Even > when shooting RAW the default settings of your converter can > Make a huge difference. The only fair comparison is between expert renderings > of each. A half dozen years ago I was shooting for Harris Publications with a > K5. The art directors marveled at how sharp and detailed my images were and > wanted to know what kind of camera I was using. I suspect the difference was > in the rendering— and the glass. I was shooting with the DA* 60-250 and DA* > 16-50. Both are superb lenses. Of course the K5 is now old technology. > Paul > >> On Dec 13, 2017, at 6:48 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> At one time I would not have considered any equipment other than Pentax. A >> little over two years ago I bought a Fuji X-Q1 compact to take with me on a >> trip to Italy that was going to include a week on bicycles. I was impressed >> with the images I got with it. Also never would have considered a >> camera—other than a compact—without a view finder. I ended up getting myself >> a Fuji X-M1 mirrorless and a 28 mm lens. Since doing so I’ve become >> comfortable with not having a viewfinder. The LCD screen gives me the same >> information I’d get in a viewfinder. My only complaint is that it’s >> sometimes difficult to read the screen in bright sunlight. >> >> Yesterday I took my Pentax K-5 with the DA 4-5.6 50-200 zoom and the Fuji >> X-M1 with the 28mm lens with me to the graduation ceremony. I used the >> Pentax during the ceremony to get shots of my subject from a distance and >> the Fuji for closer range shots of her and her family interacting with >> others after the ceremony. Not the first time I’ve noticed it, but I was >> just really impressed with the difference in the images I got. Those from >> the Fuji are markedly sharper and “livelier,” those from the Pentax duller >> in comparison. >> >> Maybe I just don’t know how to use the Pentax? >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> [email protected] >> >> "You keep on learning and learning, and pretty soon >> you learn something no one has learned before." >> >> - Richard Feynman >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
