Re: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited

2005-04-27 Thread Steve Desjardins
: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited Interesting. Of course all I did was compare picutres. Here are two crops from full 6 mp JPGs. http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardins/ Were these taken at the same shutter speed as well as aperture Steve? Differences are slight but my eyes seem to see slightly better

Re: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited

2005-04-26 Thread Rob Smith
From: Steve Desjardins Subject: Re: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited Interesting. Of course all I did was compare picutres. Here are two crops from full 6 mp JPGs. http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardins/ Were these taken at the same shutter speed as well as aperture Steve? Differences are slight

Re: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited

2005-04-21 Thread Steve Desjardins
You know, I was doing just fine resisting this lens and contenting myself with my old M40 2.8. Then some do-gooder has to start this thread about getting nice results and before I know it I'm hitting the submit button on the BH check-out page. So instead of a new zoom or something useful I now

Re: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited

2005-04-21 Thread Alan Chan
--- Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The lens came in yesterday. It's nice having the AF but the exposure part is nice. I really like normal lenses and this is nearly perfect on the *istDS. A quick comparison of identical shots with the M40 and the DA 40 look the same when zoomed

Re: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited

2005-04-21 Thread Tom C
Subject: Re: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:54:42 -0700 (PDT) --- Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The lens came in yesterday. It's nice having the AF but the exposure part is nice. I really like normal lenses and this is nearly perfect on the *istDS. A quick

Re: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited

2005-04-21 Thread frank theriault
On 4/21/05, Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know, I was doing just fine resisting this lens and contenting myself with my old M40 2.8. Then some do-gooder has to start this thread about getting nice results and before I know it I'm hitting the submit button on the BH check-out

RE: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited

2005-04-19 Thread Nick Clark
Have you tried it on a film body? Does it cover 35mm frame? I'd expect it should as the SMC-M version obvoiusly does. Nick -Original Message- From: Joseph Tainter[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17/04/05 18:22:15 Yesterday I tested this pup against the DA 16-45 f4 at 40 mm. and

RE: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited

2005-04-19 Thread Alan Chan
--- Nick Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried it on a film body? Does it cover 35mm frame? I'd expect it should as the SMC-M version obvoiusly does. Many users have reported the DA40 covers 24x36mm w/o light-fall-off. But none has been able to tell how's the edge/corner sharpness so

Re: Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited

2005-04-18 Thread Johannes Schwab
Glad to read your results, cause I ordered the lens three days ago... Cant't wait to have it on my cam for allround use and with a pocket-able size!

Test of DA 40 f2.8 Limited

2005-04-17 Thread Joseph Tainter
Yesterday I tested this pup against the DA 16-45 f4 at 40 mm. and the FA 50 f1.7. The test set-up was my usual arrangement: mud-brick wall, tripod, autofocus, ISO 200. Once in Photoshop, every image got Auto Levels only; comparisons were done at Actual Pixels. Test distance was about 40X the