Compared to what? Every fast 50 I've ever used is soft wide open. The examples of the 1.7 I've seen is among the sharpest 50's, even wide open. Maybe a Summicron is sharper wide open, but precious little else is.
-Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > Even the 1.7 is a bit soft wide open compared to some of the competition > , but ultimate sharpness isn't everything after all. > > Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > >>On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Like all Pentax "normal" lenses they're a bit soft wide open, (still >>> >>> >> >>Not true for the 1.7. >> >>Kostas >> >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
