On 30 Oct 2001, at 15:00, David Hatfield wrote: > That's great, Len. > > I still say, though, that what you're doing with five lenses I can do with > two. Since I don't own any of the lenses you mention I can't speak from > first hand experience, but I still contend that with proper photographic > technique in place we can take comparable shots, enlarge to 11x14 or 16x20 > and there won't be any discernible difference in quality, contrast or > sharpness even to the most critical eye from a normal viewing distance. > > Pull out a 10x loupe and maybe so, I don't know, but it's just not enough to > make me retire my zooms. > > Like I said earlier, it's what I'm used to, I'm more than pleased with my > results, so it's back to "whatever rings your bell" at this point.
Hi Dave, I understand your perspective but I must agree with the other listers. I believe that zooms not only affect compositional perspectives (WRT the way most zoom owners use their zoom lenses) but even the best new zooms don't match the quality of the best prime lenses available. I agree that sharpness at certain apertures may be on par however more subtle image elements such as absolute contrast, micro-contrast, flare control, aperture ghost images, open aperture performance, fast apertures and geometric distortion remain as discernible differences. Also since I use limited DOF as a feature in my compositions zooms aren't suitable to me. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
