Originally posted by k100d Jim King also mentioned his sample wasn't that great wide open... TKH must have gotten really lucky! ... that or there's significant sample variation
Originally posted by Marc Sabatella Or photographer variation. Shooting different scenes different ways and holding the results to different standards. I think people read far much into these initial comments and a few isolated samples.
Actually, what I said was that the DA15 was not as sharp wide open as the DA14, but that the DA15 was *much* smaller and lighter, thus a better lens for use on my K-m. I also said that I think both lenses have their uses and I expect to keep and use both.
Unless you are pixel peeping at 100% the DA15 is perfectly satisfactory IMO. Here are comparison shots at f4 (taken a day apart), using a tripod, at about 35 meters distance on my K-m, no PP:
DA14@f4, 100% crop, center:
DA15@f4, 100% crop, center:
Regards, Jim