On 27 Apr 2005 at 16:52, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I can't help but feel that the quality of the two pictures presented > are somewhat exaggerated given that you're comparing a dedicated 50mm > macro lens vs a 50mm f/1.2 lens. I suspect that you'd see much less > difference with the far more commonly used 50mm f/1.7 or f/2 lens.
The advantage in using these two lenses was to present an exaggerated or worst case scenario to make most obvious the differences. Also these two lenses were both next to me at the time, it only took a few seconds to do so I did it. :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

