Ya know, I've thrown away a *ton* of "CF v SD Cards" messages, because I foolishly thought we were still talking about memory cards. I don't currently have any interest at all in memory cards, so I tossed 'em out!
It really would be nice if somebody would change the Subject line a little more often, because I do enjoy reading about lens tests, new camera offerings, and all the other numerous topics that invariably creep in... I'll bet I missed a *lot* of informative messages that would have been very interesting. I know. My fault... keith whaley Shel Belinkoff wrote: > FWIW, I've been real pleased with the performance of the A50/1.4 on the > istDS, and would probably feel the same for the FA version as well. A > 75mm/1.4 - so to speak - is very nice. Leica offered a 75/1.4 for the > Leica M - very spendy! I traded an old ME Super for the A lens. I think I > got the better deal. > > However, Like Rob, I do think some of the newer DA lenses are over rated, > at least the few that I tried. I'm not saying they're crap, but they were > a little disappointing based on comments I read here and elsewhere. I > think my feelings about the 16-45 have been noted more than once. I did > like the 14/2.8 that I tried, although I didn't have a chance to really put > it through its paces and use it as much as the 16-45. I'd love to try the > 12-24 and the new 21mm. > > Shel >> [Original Message] >> From: Paul Stenquist > >> To add to this, I would bet you'll be seeing some very good DA primes >> down the road. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like a >> 10/3.5. There's been plenty of research in lenses of that ilk for >> 35mm movie cameras, so it's not brain surgery. And Pentax hasn't >> forgotten how to make glass. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
