> On Dec 16, 2017, at 10:13 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm a bit late to this but, there are two things that stand out. > 1. The K-5 has an AA filter, so the images will require a bit of judicious > sharpening to equal the sharpness of images from the X-Trans sensor in the > Fuji as it doesn't need an AA filter and doesn't have one due to it's more or > less, non repetitive, the color lens pattern. > > 2. You're comparing a prime lens to a consumer zoom. Now, modern zoom lenses > can often meet or exceed image quality standards set by older prime lenses > but, usually I find that even my SMCP-A 24mm f2.8 seems to perform better > than even modern zooms, though maybe not quite as sharp as the SMCP-FA 20-35 > f4.0, which is an amazing little zoom. > > I don't know which 28mm you have, unless you actually have the Fuji 27mm f2.8 > pancake lens, which if you do, is hardly being fair to the Pentax camera and > lens combination. It's reputed to be one of the very best inexpensive lenses > in the Fuji system, while the Pentax Zoom is pretty good but not even close > to being the best. Even the Pentax A 28mm f2.8 should produce better > quality images. > > Finally you don't mention if you're shooting RAW or Jpeg. Pentax out of > camera Jpeg files are not the best. If you're shooting RAW; with a little > more sharpening and contrast adjustment to the Pentax images you shouldn't > see any marked difference between either camera given roughly equivalent > lenses.
Thanks, P.J. All that helps. And yes, it’s the 27mm/2.8 that I have. I misspoke. I shoot RAW. When I wrote I was comparing unedited RAW images in Lightroom. Wondering what the opinion here would be of the Pentax DA 35/2.4 would be. It’s my only autofocus Pentax prime. I thought images made with it might make for a fairer comparison with my Fuji setup. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit." - Chief Seattle -- 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.
