Where did Pentax fall short with the K20? Have you used it? It's a great camera. Have you used the DA* 200 or are you relying on the chicken-little internet sites? Those who have used it have nothing but good things to say about it. If you're going to read the nonsense you see on the web, you'll never be happy with any equipment. Take pictures. Stop reading. Paul On May 22, 2008, at 3:48 PM, John Mustarde wrote:
> ...as for psychological considerations, there is also > the unbendable urge to consider any shortfalls of > Pentax equipment as unfair testing, biased > German/French/American/Tralfamadorian testers, bad > sample, or oh-poor-me Pentax doesn't never gets a fair > shake criticism. To demean pruple fringing as a > problem that only occurs for the poor photog who shoots > backlit twigs is to miss the point - purple fringing is > well known in digital sensor testing - check > Dpreview.com for many examples- so lack of mention for > Canon and Nikon would indicate, duh, a lack of that > problem on the lens/camera combos tested. > > I love Pentax, but long ago gave up the notion that > they have the "best lenses on planet urth." Whilst > Pentax has many fine lenses and cameras, it is sad that > they have a bad habit of falling short when there is no > need to fall short, i.e., newly designed expensive > cameras and lenses such as the K20 and DA* 200. > > But Pentax is not alone in lens shortfalls - consider > how many recent DA-type lenses of all manufacturers > (with reduced image circle) suffer from severe light > falloff in the corners. What's with that? They have a > smaller area to cover and can't make a design to cover > it without significant (1 stop +) falloff? > > > . > -- > John Mustarde > Paris, TX > > -- > 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. -- 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.
