Re: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question

2005-11-14 Thread Herb Chong
i don't think the 24-90 is especially sharp either. Herb - Original Message - From: "Jim King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 2:02 AM Subject: Re: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question My experience with this lens on

Re: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question

2005-11-13 Thread Jim King
Don Sanderson wrote: Has anyone else tried this lens on the D series? How were your results at large apertures? My experience with this lens on my D is disappointing also. While it's not a basket case, it's nowhere near as sharp as my FA24-90. I carefully checked for element separation b

Re: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question

2005-11-13 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Don Sanderson wrote: I did manage to aquire a new FA 28-70/4 AL and finally got to take a few test shots with the ist-D. It's a KEH "Like New-" and is a beautiful piece. I must say however that I am VERY disappointed with it's wide open performance on the digital! At f/4, from 50-70mm results ar

RE: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question

2005-11-13 Thread Don Sanderson
ent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 4:39 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question > > > The copy I had was very good on film, it died about the time I acquired > the *ist-D. > > Don Sanderson wrote: > > >Howd

Re: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question

2005-11-13 Thread P. J. Alling
The copy I had was very good on film, it died about the time I acquired the *ist-D. Don Sanderson wrote: Howdy All! Between 2 jobs, a new boss and a gazillion other things I haven't had much time for photography or the PDML lately. As a matter of fact I'm _still_ working on getting the Pentax

RE: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question

2005-11-13 Thread Don Sanderson
Thanks Boris, this is a Vietnamese one. Anyone heard of any major QC problems with those? Don > -Original Message- > From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 11:50 AM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: I'm back (Sort

Re: I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question

2005-11-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Between 2 jobs, a new boss and a gazillion other things I haven't had much time for photography or the PDML lately. As a matter of fact I'm _still_ working on getting the Pentax Survey results together. ;-( Things seem to be getting back to their normal level of chaos so I should have a litt

I'm back (Sort of) and an FA28-70/4 question

2005-11-13 Thread Don Sanderson
Howdy All! Between 2 jobs, a new boss and a gazillion other things I haven't had much time for photography or the PDML lately. As a matter of fact I'm _still_ working on getting the Pentax Survey results together. ;-( Things seem to be getting back to their normal level of chaos so I should have a