Thanks much for taking the time to do this. Haven't had time to look yet, but I certainly will. I've downloaded the files. Paul
Rob wrote: > >> I made some quick and dirty comparisons between my DA16-45/4, A20/2.8 >> and A24/2.8 on Friday, the DA isn't as bad as I recalled but it does >> have some strange characteristics that I'm at odds with. >> >> Sharpness wise the DA seems a pretty competent performer however it >> does also exhibit purple/green CA which on the skyline is a lot more >> noticeable than either of the primes at any aperture (though the A24 >> exhibits some red/green CA). The DA also exhibits a strange tendency >> to stretch the corners of the frame far more than the fixed lenses >> (the fixed lenses do tend towards some barrel distortion but not >> significantly). >> >> In any case since I have little spare time at the moment I've made >> the >> test image files available as full res jpgs in a 24MB zip file at: >> >> http://home.exetel.com.au/loveday/DAZoomTest.zip >> >> Many thanks for the web space Peter. >> >> -- >> Rob Studdert >> HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >> Tel +61-2-9554-4110 >> UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ >> Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >> > 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

