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Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax lose another top lens designer! at 07/10/2010 - 19:01
Seems to be focused on the berry on the left, but it's still acceptably sharp. The 800ISO is impressive on a K20D.
Comment by Algernon posted on Bigma with 1.4TC Image at 07/10/2010 - 18:24
Very colourfull and leave the "No Right Turn" in
Comment by Algernon posted on Colour chart at 07/10/2010 - 11:25
mecrox wrote:
We don't know why Mr Hirakawa left Pentax. No idea. The suggestion that he was fired is defamatory without the facts. He's aged 48, I believe, so with many years of top-flight engineering still to come, if that's what he wants. He's certainly given more pleasure to more people than a battalion of Ricehighs are ever likely to.
Whatever the reason... Two top lens designers no longer work for Hoya Pentax. A lot of knowledge has already gone to a main competitor. We don't know why Mr Hirakawa left Pentax. No idea. The suggestion that he was fired is defamatory without the facts. He's aged 48, I believe, so with many years of top-flight engineering still to come, if that's what he wants. He's certainly given more pleasure to more people than a battalion of Ricehighs are ever likely to.
Ricehigh isn't a lens designer
Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax lose another top lens designer! at 07/10/2010 - 11:21
pentaxian450 wrote:
Ricehigh has had a grudge against Pentax for years. Whenever he gets a chance to discredit Pentax, he does. He doesn't care if his comments are true or not. He just hates Pentax.
When Ricehigh is the source of a comment, I ignore it.
Some good stuff on Ricehigh's site. It's easy enough to sort out which is which. I've just noticed a German program on there that assigns USB Drive letters from an INI file and a File Manager that I never even knew existed. Also a free HDD Disk to Disk copier that I'd never heard of that looks good.Ricehigh has had a grudge against Pentax for years. Whenever he gets a chance to discredit Pentax, he does. He doesn't care if his comments are true or not. He just hates Pentax.
When Ricehigh is the source of a comment, I ignore it.
If it wasn't for Ricehigh I doubt if they would have offered alternative batteries on the K-r
The website above isn't Ricehighs site. It's forum.xitek.com
Some nice Pentax Bird photos on there link I wonder what lens that 400mm f/5.6 is?
That K-x is superb even at 1000ISO
Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax lose another top lens designer! at 07/10/2010 - 10:35
fatspider wrote:
Thats briliant news, Nikon lenses will soon be available in K mount
How about some Limited's in Nikon or Canon mount?........Thats briliant news, Nikon lenses will soon be available in K mount
No Thanks!!!
Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax lose another top lens designer! at 07/10/2010 - 09:38
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MY CV
Dear Sir,
Can I have a Job?
Some of the Lenses I Designed for Pentax:
FA 80-200 F2.8
FA 85mm F1.4(IF) FA ★ 85mm F1.4 (IF)
FA 24mm F2.0AL FA ☆ 24mm F2.0AL
FA 28mm F2.8AL FA28mm F2.8AL
FA 77mm F1.8 Limited FA 77mm F1.8 Limited
FA 43mm F1.9 Limited FA 43mm F1.9 Limited
DA 40mm F2.8 Limited DA 40mm F2.8 Limited
DA 55mm F1.4 SDM DA ☆ 55mm F1.4 SDM
DA 10-17mm FISH-EYE DA 10-17mm FISH-EYE
DA 14mm f2.8 DA 14mm f2.8
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Hirakawa - Lens Designer
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Letter from Big Camera Company (BIGCAMCO)
Dear Mr. Hirakawa,
You've got the JOB. When can you start?
Yours Sincerely,
BIGCAMCO
MY CV
Dear Sir,
Can I have a Job?
Some of the Lenses I Designed for Pentax:
FA 80-200 F2.8
FA 85mm F1.4(IF) FA ★ 85mm F1.4 (IF)
FA 24mm F2.0AL FA ☆ 24mm F2.0AL
FA 28mm F2.8AL FA28mm F2.8AL
FA 77mm F1.8 Limited FA 77mm F1.8 Limited
FA 43mm F1.9 Limited FA 43mm F1.9 Limited
DA 40mm F2.8 Limited DA 40mm F2.8 Limited
DA 55mm F1.4 SDM DA ☆ 55mm F1.4 SDM
DA 10-17mm FISH-EYE DA 10-17mm FISH-EYE
DA 14mm f2.8 DA 14mm f2.8
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Hirakawa - Lens Designer
=============================================
Letter from Big Camera Company (BIGCAMCO)
Dear Mr. Hirakawa,
You've got the JOB. When can you start?
Yours Sincerely,
BIGCAMCO
Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax lose another top lens designer! at 07/10/2010 - 08:57
Saw this first on Ricehigh's site after losing a top designer to Nikon nine years ago Pentax have now retired (fired) another top designer, Mr. Hirakawa, which makes you wonder who is left? link
Some of the lenses Mr. Hirakawa designed.
FA 80-200 F2.8
FA 85mm F1.4(IF) FA ★ 85mm F1.4 (IF)
FA 24mm F2.0AL FA ☆ 24mm F2.0AL
FA 28mm F2.8AL FA28mm F2.8AL
FA 77mm F1.8 Limited FA 77mm F1.8 Limited
FA 43mm F1.9 Limited FA 43mm F1.9 Limited
DA 40mm F2.8 Limited DA 40mm F2.8 Limited
DA 55mm F1.4 SDM DA ☆ 55mm F1.4 SDM
DA 10-17mm FISH-EYE DA 10-17mm FISH-EYE
DA 14mm f2.8 DA 14mm f2.8
I don't think he will struggle finding another job?
Canon perhaps?
Some of the lenses Mr. Hirakawa designed.
FA 80-200 F2.8
FA 85mm F1.4(IF) FA ★ 85mm F1.4 (IF)
FA 24mm F2.0AL FA ☆ 24mm F2.0AL
FA 28mm F2.8AL FA28mm F2.8AL
FA 77mm F1.8 Limited FA 77mm F1.8 Limited
FA 43mm F1.9 Limited FA 43mm F1.9 Limited
DA 40mm F2.8 Limited DA 40mm F2.8 Limited
DA 55mm F1.4 SDM DA ☆ 55mm F1.4 SDM
DA 10-17mm FISH-EYE DA 10-17mm FISH-EYE
DA 14mm f2.8 DA 14mm f2.8
I don't think he will struggle finding another job?
Canon perhaps?
Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax lose another top lens designer! at 07/10/2010 - 08:51
I've always liked boxes Some of the latest Pentax P&S cameras are like boxes.
Comment by Algernon posted on For F**ks Sake!. at 07/10/2010 - 08:30
Just because you used to be the top doesn't mean you are the top today.
New technologies, new materials and new design methods all mean times change and so do personnel.
Well I suppose for the new materials, plastic mounts and all that, they still have the lower grade technicians who designed the FAJ series. Maybe the future lies in cutting down old designs to f/2.4 and putting in all plastic bodies. We heard Ned B say that Pentax were no longer an Engineering Driven Company and were now driven by Marketing which will mean a big movement in salaries from engineering to marketing. It's been done before by CZ in East Germany and the Russians when all the CZ designers moved to Germany they just kept on making the same old designs for 50+ years.
Good lens design isn't an exact science. It needs a lot of practical knowledge of how best to tweak the design. It called a "fingerprint" in this thread on the SMC Pentax-FA* 80-200mm F2.8 ED [IF] (Lens Scored 28/30 for optical quality in AP's test).