On 22/08/06, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I agree, though I never did scrutinize its performance on film very carefully. FA24/2 is the only Pentax lens option if you need "fast" however from my experience the FA is only really exceptional when stopped to middle apertures and above. My semi-formal testing showed that it exhibited far more prevalent CA than my A24/2.8 and that it only matched the sharpness of my A24/2.8 wide open when stopped down to about f4 and then the edges were still softer. I've had the benefit of owning two of the FA lenses concurrently so I don't expect that I'm dealing with lens QC issues as both FA lenses behaved similarly. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
