Thanks everyone! I hope you enjoyed it
I had a blast playing with both lenses (now makes me consider wanting that HD 35 Macro, but I'll be a good boy and hold off...........................................for now
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Originally posted by Stavri You've done it now Heie, now let's just sit back and watch the prices on the DA 35mm f2.4 skyrocket Thank you for the thorough review, it was very informative. I noticed on the sharpness you stated that the 35mm f2.4 is sharper in the center but doesn't match the contrast and clarity of the 35 LTD. Looking at the images I was noticing more moire from the LTD then the plastic fantastic which I believe means more resolution. I don't have full rez images to compare but It looked to me that at f2.8 both lenses resolved equally then the LTD started moving ahead. Now that you got me curious I'll have to check both my copies at once.
haha better sell yours quick then to ride that price increase wave
And yes - the increased amount of moire on behalf of the Ltd would mean a higher resolution since they both had the same focal length and shooting distance from the target. And those images you are looking at are 100% crops from the full resolution - the rest of the image not trimmed away was the fenceline you saw in the BTS images on that page.
Originally posted by GeneV You compare to what you have, but I would have enjoyed a comparison to the (also plastic and fantastic) FA 35/2, which has been a go-to for me for many years. I broke my FA 35 last summer, and I have been considering whether to replace it with the DA 35/2.4 or another FA 35. I do wish I had mounted a $150 lens rather than a $400 lens before tripping and falling on the sidewalk of a back street in Romania.
It would have been great to use the FA 35 but alas it wasn't meant to be as they are hard to find (and I don't have one - and if Adam did I'm sure he would have sent it to me). But I wouldn't be so quick to call the FA 35 a "Plastic Fantastic" - at 195g it's almost almost double the weight of the DA's 124g. And sorry to hear about your loss
Originally posted by Des Alex, you've set a new standard for lens reviews. The comparison with the DA 35 f2.8Ltd was inspired. Test charts are great. Real world flare/CA tests very useful. There are plenty of number-crunching tests (Photozone, LensTip, etc) but this brings the perspective of an experienced user.
Thanks Des! Have you seen my other lens reviews? Being a prime lens this was actually the shortest and least involved review lol:
But thank you very much for the complements
Thanks again everyone!
-Heie