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Northgrain wrote:
Very sad news. Although I did not know Tony, his positive attitude and appetite for fun ran through his posts and contribution to the forum. He will be missed here, and sincere condolences to his family and friends.

Same thoughts here. May his memory live on through his family and friends, and what I am sure will be a wonderful legacy of photos.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Very sad news at 17/09/2012 - 10:53

The strength of Pentax's position is their huge back catalogue of great full frame lens designs, all fully patented. In fact the last few DA primes were actually tweaked and repackaged lenses from the film era. They work just great on digital.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on I was just wondering.... at 15/09/2012 - 16:48

I have the following samples from the Sigma 30mm f1.4 and the Pentax 35mm f2.4. At web size, the narrower dof of the Sigma is visible, and I like the ability to use narrow dof.

But that's not good glass vs bad glass per se; the Sigma is just faster. Sometimes you upgrade to a new lens because it is faster, longer, wider, etc, but that's not the same as saying it's 'better' - it just has the spec you want or need.

Actually I got rid of the Sigma because, although I liked the extra speed, the bokeh was poor in many situations.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on "It's all about the glass". Show me examples please at 15/09/2012 - 08:05

Seems he's been forced to remove his post. Thanks for capturing it above!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on K-5 Mk II at 12/09/2012 - 21:44

The founder of the US forum has announced some interesting news on the FF front.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on K-5 Mk II at 12/09/2012 - 20:40

womble wrote:
Seriously though, there is nothing sacred about the 35mm format.

True, but these lenses were designed for that format, not APSC.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on More than satisfied at 11/09/2012 - 13:16

Don wrote:
I think Pentax will announce another model up from the k5II sooner than people think..

Yup. And probably a model down from the K30 too.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on K-5 Mk II at 11/09/2012 - 13:10

davidstorm wrote:
Has anyone out there got any feedback on the Pentax DA 15mm F4 Limited lens? I've read all the reviews, so I'm only interested in personal experiences from using this lens. Do you like it in 'real world' use? What are it's plus and minus points?

I'm mainly interested in using this lens for landscapes, but as it's an expensive piece of kit and I already have a DA 16-45, I need to be convinced that it will be signiifcantly better than the 16-45 is when used at its 16mm setting.

Many thanks in advance of your help and feedback on this.

Regards
David

The DA15mm does not shame a good copy of the 16-45mm, although central sharpness, flare resistance, and colour rendition are a bit better I think. The 16-45mm is probably better in terms of edge quality until f8, where I think they are about equal. I would be cautious about purchasing unless you want the small size and build quality. (The ability to use 49mm filters is another bonus!)

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on DA 15mm F4 Limited - Advice Please at 10/09/2012 - 16:22

They just pulled all the images! I wonder whether they've been hacked and it's all a fake, or perhaps they've just been told off for leaking the new images early!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on K-5 Mk II at 10/09/2012 - 11:05