Re: Pentax 50mm News

[Herb Chong]

my DA 14 is noticeably less sharp than my DA 16-45, and that is about the 
same as my FA* 80-200. i haven't shot enough yet with my FA* 28-70, but 
given what i have seen from others, i expect it to be equally good.

Herb....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: Pentax 50mm News


I dislike zoom lenses, always get better results with primes
even in the Canon system where they've put oodles of money into
their L zoom lenses. The one Canon zoom I've always liked is the
70-200/2.8L IS, but it's a damn expensive, huge and heavy thing.
I have no experience with Pentax zooms, but so far the primes
I've bought (DA14, A28/2.8, A50/1.4, M85/2, K Tak 135/2.5,
FA135/2.8, A200/4) have all proven to be very nice performers,
comparable in performance with the Canon primes I use. Some are
better than others, of course, but the DA14 is stunningly good
and produces beautiful results with the *istDS.