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Comment by robbiec posted on Vivitar 90 f/2.5 Macro (Komine) at 06/06/2013 - 13:04

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Less angular than the K-30, magnesium body...Raised ISO over the K-30 at 51,200?

Comment by robbiec posted on K-50 anyone? at 05/06/2013 - 22:38

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Comment by robbiec posted on K-50 anyone? at 05/06/2013 - 22:12

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Possibly because the Olympus is cropped tighter it had less variance in different light. The Pentax had more white space deal with.

Comment by robbiec posted on My lens is better than yours :-) at 05/06/2013 - 21:56

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K-5 was set at ISO80, aperture set manually, shutter speed ascertained via green button, on the K and Cosina, wildly different metering. the results are nowhere near as consistant as the Olympus managed.

Comment by robbiec posted on My lens is better than yours :-) at 05/06/2013 - 21:24

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Ok the idiot behind the K-5 in this instance was me so any blame on metering ultimately lies with me.
How about I adjust the fairly wavy exposure levels of all the RAW files so they are consistant, export as 100% Jpegs and put them all them all up on Smugmug? There is more than enough detail there to create a good impression of each lenses charactor.

Any adjustment would of course be detailed.

Comment by robbiec posted on My lens is better than yours :-) at 05/06/2013 - 21:00

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Well they certainly took their time
I can state quite confidently that I have never accidently opened a door on a K-5 and I've had one since Nov 2010.

Comment by robbiec posted on DPR review of II and IIs at 05/06/2013 - 20:06

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Smeggypants wrote:
rparmar wrote:
Thanks for being patient. It took us a while to process all the images, discuss the results, and write them up. They are now available on as Part Three of the article. There are links to full-sized images at f/2 from all lenses. Plus a 1:1 crop grid across apertures.

We were surprised by the results. And it's going to motivate some lens sales in the near future.
Interesting article and kudos for the effort


Not sure about a winner as a 50/1.2 is a completely different flavour from an FA43 and thus you can't declare either a winner.

I see you refrained from calling f/1.2 a "gimmick" but the whole article was spoilt by the comment at the end ..


"If you really need f/1.2 for some reason .... "



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He can't help himself

Thanks for reading Smeg!

Comment by robbiec posted on My lens is better than yours :-) at 05/06/2013 - 19:48

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There are all different animal of lenses really. I was thinking this morning on the way to work, if I had to choose between the 43, A50 and CZ50, it would be the 43 and the craziest thing is, that it is the lens I rarely reach for with the other starlets vying for attention. It is the lens I reach for when I absolutely need the shot though.

Comment by robbiec posted on My lens is better than yours :-) at 05/06/2013 - 19:41

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£85 shipped!

Comment by robbiec posted on Vivitar 90 f/2.5 Macro (Komine) at 05/06/2013 - 19:01

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