My experience is exactly the opposite. However, one has to compare zooms to zooms and primes to primes. Thus far, all my DA lenses are zooms. I doubt that Pentax has regressed in optical technology. Paul On Aug 22, 2006, at 10:46 PM, David Savage wrote:
> I agree about the CA, but I've noticed that DA lenses aren't as sharp > or contrasty as my FA lenses. YMMV. > > Dave (yet to be convinced that DA's are any better than FA's) > > On 8/23/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The image circle of DA lenses is better suited to the size of the >> sensor. I'm no optical expert, but it's relative to the angle at >> which the light hits the sensor. I've noticed that DA lenses produce >> far less CA than FA lenses. Or would you prefer that Pentax never >> release any new lenses? >> Paul > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
