On Sat, 1 Aug 2009 09:13:29 -0400 paul stenquist wrote:
From among many Pentax purchases, both used and new, I've only had
serious problems with one item. My first DA* 16-50 couldn't achieve a
flat focus field. It was replaced by BH. The second one was excellent.
I still have my first one,
William Robb wrote:
I'm either really lucky or else I have very low standards.
That has to be a Mark!
I have both the DA55 and the 58 Nok. Certainly, I think the 55 is the
more advanced lens, but I'm keeping the Nok because the focusing feels
so sexy. And if/when I get the 20/3.5, the
Derby, it would be interesting if you could take few shots with both lenses.
Thanks,
--Sasha
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Derby Changder...@iinet.net.au wrote:
William Robb wrote:
I'm either really lucky or else I have very low standards.
That has to be a Mark!
I have both the DA55
Sure, what feature would you like to see? I'm not very good at web500/KR
reviews.
D
Sasha Sobol wrote:
Derby, it would be interesting if you could take few shots with both lenses.
Thanks,
--Sasha
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Derby Changder...@iinet.net.au wrote:
William Robb
Derby, I am not interested in charts or figures.
I would rather kindly ask you to use both lenses next time you will be
inclined to use one of them.
I would like to see live pictures, may be with some comments of you
(how it felt,etc.)
Thanks,
--Sasha
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Derby
Okey-doke. Should be able to arrange a gig shoot sometime soon.
D
Sasha Sobol wrote:
Derby, I am not interested in charts or figures.
I would rather kindly ask you to use both lenses next time you will be
inclined to use one of them.
I would like to see live pictures, may be with some
Hi,
actually I disagree about this much improved part, as FA50/1.4 is not
a lens that can be much improved...
I tested DA*55 when it came out and I made 4 pairs of A3 prints of the
same scenes (one portrait, one town view, one flower closeup and one
sunset). I still watch 'em time to time.
Margus, what are your findings about sharpness, specially wide open?
Supposedly (I insist, I can't compare myself) the FA50 is soft wide
open and DA*55 is quite sharp even wide open.
What is your take on this? Thank you.
--
Thibault Massart aka Thibouille
--
Photo:
No wonder they don't like you on the PentaxForums ;-)
Steve Desjardins
On Jul 31, 2009, at 8:33 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote:
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I'm either really lucky or else I have very low standards.
Everything I buy
seems to work as it is supposed to.
William Robb
--
PDML
From among many Pentax purchases, both used and new, I've only had
serious problems with one item. My first DA* 16-50 couldn't achieve a
flat focus field. It was replaced by BH. The second one was excellent.
When I first bought my 20D I noticed front focus problems with the FA
50/1.4, so I
- Original Message -
From: Thibouille
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
Margus, what are your findings about sharpness, specially wide open?
Supposedly (I insist, I can't compare myself) the FA50 is soft wide
open and DA*55 is quite sharp even wide open.
This is what I
- Original Message -
From: Desjardins, Steve
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
I'm either really lucky or else I have very low standards.
Everything I buy
seems to work as it is supposed to.
No wonder they don't like you on the PentaxForums ;-)
That and I tend
IT confirms what I thought, I will have to chose between it and 60-250. Ouch !!
Thank you William.
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 5:01 PM, William Robbwar...@gmail.com wrote:
- Original Message - From: Thibouille
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
Margus, what are your findings
P. J. Alling wrote:
The end user is the final QC. That's true of every manufacture these
days. Read the Canon and Nikon Fora if you think their QC is any better.
What struck me was that all three samples tested by DPReview had problems.
Also, Andy Westlake, the DPReviewer, stated that
All manufactures send review copies of their equipment to large outlets
such as DPReview. I would not be at all surprised if Nikon and Canon
did extra special QC on the lenses they send out and Pentax just grabbed
them of the line. That would jibe with the whole marketing ans sales as
an
Thibouille wrote:
Margus, what are your findings about sharpness, specially wide open?
Supposedly (I insist, I can't compare myself) the FA50 is soft wide
open and DA*55 is quite sharp even wide open.
What is your take on this? Thank you.
Actually I would say they're both equally soft at
P. J. Alling wrote:
All manufactures send review copies of their equipment to large outlets
such as DPReview. I would not be at all surprised if Nikon and Canon
did extra special QC on the lenses they send out and Pentax just grabbed
them of the line. That would jibe with the whole marketing
William Robb wrote:
The DA* does come with a very impressive lens hood.
Yes, it's a real good one.
I made not much less impressive hood for my FA50 myself :) You need FA35
bayonet hood (I got mine from *bay for real cheap) and 49-52mm filter
conversion ring. Cut off a bayonet part and glue
MMm intersting as this isn't the same feedback as William's, at all.
Could it be that your lens woud show an alignment problem is DPRs lens?
Maybe your FA is very good :)
More food for thoughts (for me)...
--
Thibault Massart aka Thibouille
--
Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX,
For those two particuliar lenses, yes.
Good testers (specially those who can afford and DPR most probably
can) get lenses from shops, not from the manufacturers.
This really is simple thing to avoid any problem. Manufactures do this
kind of things in every industrial markets: CPUs, GPUs always
Not that QC was better years ago when Phil wouldn't have been caught
dead with a Pentax Lens...
If you are going to recommend current equipment based historical
purchases, you've invalidated your test. It's a subtle bias that sounds
plausible until you examine it critically. Andy either has
Chalk that up to philosophical transitioning between cultures..
On Aug 1, 2009, at 08:57 , P. J. Alling wrote:
All manufactures send review copies of their equipment to large
outlets such as DPReview. I would not be at all surprised if Nikon
and Canon did extra special QC on the lenses
Thibouille wrote:
MMm intersting as this isn't the same feedback as William's, at all.
Could it be that your lens woud show an alignment problem is DPRs lens?
Maybe your FA is very good :)
More food for thoughts (for me)...
Hard to say. The sample of DA*55 I've tested wasn't definitely a bad
If this defect rate is true, its absurd for a
lens markded as a DA * STAR lens or a lens
as expensive as it is. For that kind of money,
you are paying not only for a quality lens,
but also for professional testing of that lens.
Amateurs do not have the proper gear to do
verification testing of
, 2009 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
- Original Message -
From: Thibouille
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
Margus, what are your findings about sharpness, specially wide open?
Supposedly (I insist, I can't compare myself) the FA50 is soft wide
open
- Original Message -
From: Christine Aguila
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
Thanks, William. Sounds like good advice. I bet the bokeh is a lot nicer
on the DA* than FA too. I shall keep saving I think. :-)
My FA50 is on it's way back to me due to an unnoticed
dpreview.com has released their full review of the Pentax smc DA* 55mm
1:1.4 SDM lens ...
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/pentax_55_1p4_p15/
Much moaning about AF; loved the lens hood. :-) General agreement that
it's much improved in most ways over the FA 50.
Recommended (with
/photos/RickW
--- On Fri, 7/31/09, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com
Subject: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 9:24 AM
dpreview.com has released their full
review
/photos/RickW
--- On Fri, 7/31/09, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com
Subject: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 9:24 AM
dpreview.com has released their full
review
: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 9:24 AM
dpreview.com has released their full
review of the Pentax smc DA* 55mm 1:1.4 SDM lens ...
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/pentax_55_1p4_p15/
Much moaning about AF; loved the lens
bruce.wal...@gmail.com
Subject: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 9:24 AM
dpreview.com has released their full
review of the Pentax smc DA* 55mm 1:1.4 SDM lens ...
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/pentax_55_1p4_p15
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:00:11AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:31:47PM -0400, P. J. Alling wrote:
The end user is the final QC. That's true of every manufacture these
days. Read the Canon and Nikon Fora if you think their QC is any better.
You can probably make
Btw, does anybody have both the DA* 55 1.4 SDM and Voigtlander 58mm 1.4?
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:59 AM, John Francisjo...@panix.com wrote:
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:00:11AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:31:47PM -0400, P. J. Alling wrote:
The end user is the final
- Original Message -
From: Sasha Sobol
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
Btw, does anybody have both the DA* 55 1.4 SDM and Voigtlander 58mm 1.4?
I don't any longer. After doing a couple of shoots with the DA*55, I decided
that the Nokton should go to a new home
That's what I thought.
Thanks!
LBA attacks back :P
--Sasha
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:40 PM, William Robbwar...@gmail.com wrote:
- Original Message - From: Sasha Sobol
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
Btw, does anybody have both the DA* 55 1.4 SDM and Voigtlander 58mm
:
That's what I thought.
Thanks!
LBA attacks back :P
--Sasha
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:40 PM, William Robbwar...@gmail.com wrote:
- Original Message - From: Sasha Sobol
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
Btw, does anybody have both the DA* 55 1.4 SDM and Voigtlander 58mm 1.4
2009/7/31 William Robb war...@gmail.com:
I don't any longer. After doing a couple of shoots with the DA*55, I decided
that the Nokton should go to a new home.
The Voigtlander is a fine lens, the DA* is a better lens.
William Robb
Really William? I read somewhere that it didn't focus
- Original Message -
From: Miserere
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
2009/7/31 William Robb war...@gmail.com:
I don't any longer. After doing a couple of shoots with the DA*55, I
decided
that the Nokton should go to a new home.
The Voigtlander is a fine lens, the DA
2009/7/31 William Robb war...@gmail.com
- Original Message - From: Miserere
Subject: Re: DPReview vs the DA* 55 1.4 SDM
2009/7/31 William Robb war...@gmail.com:
I don't any longer. After doing a couple of shoots with the DA*55, I decided
that the Nokton should go to a new home
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