Considerate of you to comment, Adam. Points well taken. Jack
--- On Sat, 5/15/10, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: > From: Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> > Subject: Re: Sony A850 ? (Mark) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 7:38 AM > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:27 AM, > Dario Bonazza > <dario.bona...@virgilio.it> > wrote: > > > > Resolution: excellent (provided you put enough a lens > in front of it, > > otherwise edges are poor). Don't use the provided > 2.8/28-75mm (a rebadged > > Tamron) full open if you want good resolution at > edges. > > > > > > Dario > > > > The 28-75/2.8 SAM is massively overpriced anyways, the > Tamron and > Konica/Minolta versions of the lens are not only optically > identical > (Tamron's coatings differ, KM coatings are the same) but > far cheaper > and more functional as screwdriver lenses can use DMF > focusing mode > for manual focus override, which is lacking on SAM lenses. > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > 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.