You see, Bill, I have printed large a certain crop from the F 17-28 FE *on film* that was rather soft towards the (even cropped) corners. The aperture was 5.6 or may be even 8.0. The F 17-28 FE is somewhat unpredictable in that respect.
I haven't really tried FAJ 18-35 on film, but I don't hold my hopes too high - after all it is kinda kit lens. Ideally I would have to sell both FE 17-28 and FAJ 18-35 and buy FA 20/2.8 which I find rather good idea to have done anyway. Unfortunately, either the price is horrendous or it is not there. Yet of course FA 20/2.8 will not be too wide on cropped body. It is however may be logical to assume that even the mighty film limited lenses might have problems on full frame DSLR should such a beast come to being. I understand what you and Godfrey's saying - the lenses and the bodies must fit together in the technological sense. I am yet undecided... I am seeing plenty of very good pictures from DA 16-45 but I am still a bit reluctant to commit myself to the DA lens(es). Cheers! On 10/15/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Boris Liberman" > Subject: Re: Q re DA 16-45/4 on Film > > > > Which basically means that for the really wide angle I cannot get away > > with just one lens (16-45/4). I may have to have both this one and some > > other lens, such as 20-35/4 or my FAJ 18-35... > > > > The 18-35 was pretty horrible at the corners on film, but the coverage was > there. I gave in (or up) on this issue and bought a few one size smaller > wide angle lenses for the present sensor size cameras. > If Pentax comes out with a full frame DSLR, my DA lenses will become > redundant, along with my K10, and will get sold with the camera. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
