Originally posted by frank
You know, this is quite significant. Mike Johnston has owned or tested hundreds
of top lenses over the years, maybe thousands. In his own modest, self-effacing
way, he's the top of the heap when it comes to.... well, everything to do with
lenses. It can be argued that his opinion of a lens is worth more than any other
one person's on the planet.
So it's almost a bit strange to me that he could say that about the DA 35ltd -
because it's truly a great lens... but not even the best lens
I own. In my opinion.
And I think Carl Weese (his partner in crime on The Online Photographer) has had
a take similar to Mike's on the DA 35...
Here's what's been in the back of my head about this ever since I read him
hint at this a few months back - I wonder if he and Carl aren't getting
a bit blown away by that Samsung sensor in that loaned K20D they're using.
Since I upgraded from my K100D, I've just noticed that almost all my lenses
are slightly 'better' - very subtly so, but better. Skin tones and texture, the blend
of colors in the bokeh - all slightly better, to a degree that's hard to notice
consciously, but that just causes the images to 'pop' more in my brain.
It's not all attributable to the simple 6 --> 14MP upgrade - it's something new in
the way the sensor handles color and microcontrast.
So I wonder - is the DA 35ltd really one of the best lenses he's ever used, or is it more
likely that the DA 35 + K20D
combo is one of the best he's ever shot, and
he's attributing it all to the lens?
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Last edited by jsherman999; 07-20-2008 at 09:05 PM.