Originally posted by theoldsmithy
I've done several tests comparing my 01 and 02 lenses using the sample cards that Amateur Photographer mag gave away. I find my 02 is as sharp as the 01 as long as it is stopped down to f4. So with the 28mm wide end, which I like to use for most shots, I keep it on the camera most of the time. Now where is that wide prime that Ricoh have promised....
I hear you on that wide prime, smithy. Checking my last vacation shots, most of them were at the 28mm equivalent end of the S95. With a sharp, snappy wide-angle prime, I could likely travel with it, the 06, and the fisheye for funsies.
For now, though, I'm wondering (rhetorically): is my 02 as sharp as it gets at the wide end? It's quite possible that none of them are as sharp as the S95 above. I just don't have a good way of knowing that...