I got curious and went out in the parking lot and snapped this one today handheld with the A70-210mm/4 on digital (istDS). I think I was around 180mm and F8 on this.
http://www.jchriso.com/temp/A70-210CAR.jpg Not a critial test but based on this and some others I shot, I can see no flaring problems, no distortion or CA corrections needed at all, good color saturation, exc shadow detail. etc. As for sharpness it may be not quite as good as my SP tamron 80-200/2.8 but I would want to shoot both to compare and with tripod to be sure. Bottom line, nothing so far that definately disqualifies it for digital use. I didnt see any purple fringing so far with this as others have noted, but this needs more testing. Overall I can say that the A70-210 is at least a very good lens on APS digital, possibly better than that with more testing confirmation against other zooms and primes I have on hand. JC O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom" - Thomas Jefferson -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 2:20 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: DA* 60-250 at B&H William Robb wrote: >I read somewhere that the reason for the really long delay on this lens >was >caused by a complete redesign of the optical formula to allow for full frame >coverage. The 55/1.4 also covers the 24x36 format. >I'm just guessing here, but I expect Pentax knows that whether they go >willingly or kicking and screaming, full frame is the future. True. But, just like Nikon, they'll need to public ally deny it for as long as possible or people will put off purchases of APS-C cameras while waiting for full-frame magic (fantasizing that full-frame is going to be possible at an APS-C price). I'd expect Pentax will get full-frame right around the time it's feasible at/under the $2000 USD price point. I can wait. -- 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.
