Hello Shel, That describes the experience I had. Great on film, not so hot on digital. I've owned two different samples over time. The first I only tried on film. If it were me, I'd stick with your K 24.
-- Bruce Monday, August 21, 2006, 8:31:01 AM, you wrote: SB> Ahhh ....thanks for jogging my memory. SB> Shel >> [Original Message] >> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi >> My reservations about the 24/2 stem from the wide disparity of >> comments I've heard about its optical performance. It seems most >> people who have used it with film love it, but most people who've >> used it with the DSLR bodies find too much chromatic aberration and >> poor sharpness wide open. I think Rob Studdert posted some >> comparisons showing the A24/2.8 and FA*24/2 performance, using the >> *ist D body, and the A24/2.8 was a substantially better performer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net