I think you are mistaken because full frame lenses only need to have 2/3 the resolution to MATCH/BEAT DA lenses in terms of overall resolution. you guys act like pentax and everybody else just discovered how to make fine lenses and that all the old FF ones on FF cant beat best new DA ones on aps. I say that on full frame some of them can and will BEAT the best APS lenses on APS due to the format size difference alone. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 6:22 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: NO FS this Friday? I'm talking about the DA 12-24, which is a very fine optic and probably better than both the K and A 15 primes.The DA 14/2.8 is almost certainly even better. I'm also talking about the upcoming DA* lenses, which may well be better than any of the FA lenses ever produced. They will certainly be better performers in terms of autofocus. The past is history. Paul On Feb 3, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 04/02/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It would have to auto crop to 10 t0 12 megapixels to make me and >> other DA lens owners happy. > > If Pentax had delivered a 6-8MP body with the functionality of the > K10D but significantly improved noise, DR and sensitivity over the > existing 6MP bodies do you think it would have been the short term hit > that the K10D has? > > Do you seriously think that you're getting the best from every pixel > using DA zooms on the 10MP sensor? I don't, let alone the the general > edge unsharpness I've noticed from many of the new WA lenses even the > CA often skews over four plus final image pixels. I'd be far happier > with a larger sensor and some way to effectively use the legacy APS > lenses to provide 6-8MP because really I think that's pretty much the > limit of the image quality that they deliver. Granted my assessments > are based on my one DA lens (which most often attracts rave reviews) > and full res RAW and JPG sample shots from other new DA lenses by > others. > > -- > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
