I'm bringing my DA 35/2.8 Ltd over on Thursday, so you can try that. Wear eye protection. :-)
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Gerrit Visser <gerrit...@gmail.com> wrote: > A) look sharp to my eyes. > B) sends me to the login page > > I have been looking at various shots from our recent trip. All 10,000 shot > with 18-250 Tamron or Sigma. There are some that aren't sharp but the ones > that are good, i.e. subject and composition, are sharp enough for me. I > don't have a prime to compare with (except an old M42 mount), I might try to > borrow one soon to see the difference myself. > > Gerrit > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bipin Gupta > Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 2:04 AM > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: Re: DA 18 - 135 mm anyone? > > Quote Rob: "I find that my recently purchased zooms are in many respects > almost as good as my Pentax primes when compared side by side in controlled > situations, not like the bad old days". > > I concur with Rob. I have not bought a single prime, apart from the older > collection of M42, M, K & A lenses. I have quite a few new zoom lenses - > Pentax, Tamron and Sigma - some in the high quality f2.8 version. > > I have the Pentax 18-135 WR, and as I mentioned earlier it is a very sharp > copy, with great contrast and colors. Quiet and excellent auto focusing too. > And any zoom will show some sharpness drop off at the extreme ends. > But alas!, I wanted some detractors amongst us PDMLers, to comment on two > photos I posted on sharpness. Both blown up by 100%. Used primitive screen > shot to capture the image. Link given below again for sharpness comment:- > > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y2u0e14w64tl8u1/iWyqtCPDeS > > https://www.dropbox.com/home/Public/18-135%20WR > > Note: a) 100% crops. Some sharpness again lost due to my primitive screen > capture method on my (5) year laptop. > b) K-5 + 18-135 combo bought new from Henrys of Toronto shipped for > CAD 1108 in January 2013 - CAD & > USD at par then. > > I will be doing bench tests on edge to edge sharpness for the 18-135 using > my famous beer bottle setup which I posted earlier for the Tamron 28-75 f2.8 > Lens - $ 457 from B&H brand new - which turned out brutally sharp. > > Regards. > Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
