Re: 31/77 Harsh?

2004-06-09 Thread Rob Studdert
On 9 Jun 2004 at 14:32, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > Anyone here ever consider the images from these lenses to be "harsh"? (A > description given by someone on rec.photo.equipment.35mm) Only accurate, if the shooter was used to the output of crap zooms then I guess that could be their perceptio

Re: 31/77 Harsh?

2004-06-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Collin Brendemuehl" Subject: 31/77 Harsh? > Anyone here ever consider the images from these lenses to be "harsh"? (A description given by someone on rec.photo.equipment.35mm) They are both certainly amoung the sharper, contrastier lenses I ave owned. I don'

RE: 31/77 Harsh?

2004-06-09 Thread Winston
Wide opened, the 77 beats my 85/1.8D, and overall the 77 has more '3D' look than the Nikon. So the 77 is harsh for portrait, but superb in general. Andy Chang took me to a Pentax store in Taipei (thanks Andy!!!) and I got a 50/1.4 FA. After some testing, I must say this is one sharp lens (just lik

RE: 31/77 Harsh?

2004-06-09 Thread Andy Chang
You are very welcome Winston! Andy > -Original Message- > From: Winston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: 31/77 Harsh? > > > Wide opened, the 77 beats my 85/1.8D, and overall the 77 has &

RE: 31/77 Harsh?

2004-06-09 Thread Alan Chan
Perhaps I should clarify. By "soft" I did not mean less sharp, but the "milky" appearance. I don't know the proper way/word to describe it though. :-( Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Wide opened, the 77 beats my 85/1.8D, and overall the 77 has more '3D' look than the Nikon. So t

RE: 31/77 Harsh?

2004-06-09 Thread Winston
Some of my Nikons are too contrasty, so I know what you meant :) Sometimes that's how Nikon got that 'very sharp' look, but when I scanned the film, the resolution is somewhat disappointing - but does not apply to all of them, though. I used Nikon for 6 yrs before the first Pentax, and I found P

Re: 31/77 Harsh?

2004-06-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Alan Chan" Subject: RE: 31/77 Harsh? > Perhaps I should clarify. By "soft" I did not mean less sharp, but the > "milky" appearance. I don't know the proper way/word to describe it though. > :-( I think the 77 h

Re: 31/77 Harsh?

2004-06-09 Thread Rob Studdert
On 9 Jun 2004 at 20:53, William Robb wrote: > I think the 77 has very strong micro contrast, for lack of a better > term. It seems to see very fine differences in tone, which is what > minor skin blemishes are. > Interestingly, on the istD, the 77 is just fine as a portait lens. I > suspect that t