Thanks for all the replies.

I will certainly post series of photos on this forum. As for the gallery, I am already using pbase and flickr, I will most probably link to the photos on these galleries rather than organize them on an additional site.

Hello

I just joined to comment on a topic asking for the differences between the DFA100/2.8 and the newer WR version of the lens.

I am a Pentax (D)SLR user since I bought a MZ-5 nearly 18 years ago. Now, I am using mostly two K-7 and a Kx with a lot of lenses collected in all these years.

My main photographic domains are nature photography (landscapes, birds, wildlife, macro), and I am being addicted to southern Africa as well. But in the last few years, I tried to gain more experience by taking the camera to the events such as the Jazz Festival of Montreux or sports events.

My galleries are under pbase and flickr

I do hope Oggy does not mind, I am the one with a few comparison shots between both WR and non WR version of the DFA100.


K-7, f/2.8, 6s, 100iso

DFA 100/2.8 (click on the photo to see it in full res)



DFA 100/2.8 WR




I wanted to see the difference due to the rounded aperture blades of the new WR lens. I set the camera to MF, pointed the camera to a few red LEDs and set the focusing ring to about 1m, in order to have the LEDs well out of focus:

K-7, DFA 100/2.8, f/4.5



K-7, DFA 100/2.8 WR, f/4.5





Here is an assembled photo showing both lenses side by side. From the build quality and feeling, the DFA 100/2.8 WR is much closer to the DA35/2.8 limited than to the older DFA100/2.8




Hope it helps...