Originally posted by Adam (...) the level of detail shared in this review must mean that the official announcement is just about to drop...
Originally posted by ffking "Everything of this lens is developed and patented by Pentax and Pentax produced " - worth keeping this on your PC's clipboard - I'm sure it will have to be quoted time and time again. And again.
The sentence quoted by
ffking and those that surround it:
Originally posted by Kennychi: 其他國外網站得到資訊如下:
- Very special focus group 非常特別的對焦群組 -> 老實說沒有太特別的感覺
- Very heavy because of the new ultrasonic drive 因為超音波對焦使得鏡頭非常重 -> DFA50真的不是一顆輕的鏡頭,比舊版的FA50重很多
- The goal of this new line is to be comparable to the current Zeiss line and it looks very good 新生產線可以跟蔡司媲美 -> 嗯…這我真的不清楚
- This 50 is sharper from corner to corner than Sigma Art 邊角比SIGMA 50 ART更銳利 -> 沒用過SIGMA 50 ART不予置評,但新版的DFA50成像相當不錯
- Everything of this lens is developed and patented by Pentax and Pentax produced 鏡頭的開發與專利都是由PENTAX擁有
- The Tokina is made by Tokina but uses the Pentax patent and different coatings Tokina的鏡頭是Tokina所生產,PENTAX版本使用的是PENTAX的專利與鍍膜 -> PENTAX全片幅鏡頭許多都是交由Tokina代工,這似乎已經無法避免。
are quotes of posts
asahi man wrote in Digital Photography review's forum in early March:
Originally posted by asahi man: Very special focus group.
Very heavy and for this of course the new ultrasonic drive.
The goal of this new line is to be comparable to the current Zeiss line and it looks very good.
This 50 is sharper from corner to corner than Sigma Art.
That's what we saw.
Everything of this lens is developed and patented by Pentax and Pentax produced.
The tokina version is made by Pentax and tokina is using the Pentax patent.
Originally posted by asahi man: Sorry, little mistake....the tokina is made by tokina but uses the Pentax patent.
Different coatings.
Source:
Pentax DFA* 50mm F1.4 looks similar to Tokina 50mm F1.4: Pentax SLR Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review and
Pentax DFA* 50mm F1.4 looks similar to Tokina 50mm F1.4: Pentax SLR Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
The header of the paragraph from Kennychi's article quoted above can be translated as follows: "
Foreign websites got information as follows:"
After each sentence in English (a statement by
asahi man) there is:
- a sentence in Chinese: that's the translation of the sentence in English
- an arrow
- a sentence in Chinese: that's Kennychi's comment.
Hereafter a quick and dirty translation. In
blue Kennychi's comments
- Very special focus group -> Honestly my feeling wasn't too special
- Very heavy because of the new ultrasonic drive -> DFA50 is really not a light lens, much heavier than the old FA50
- The goal of this new line is to comparable to the current Zeiss line and it looks very good. -> Um... I really don’t know
- This 50 is sharper from corner to corner than Sigma Art -> I never used the SIGMA 50 ART so I'll decline to comment but the pictures taken with the new DFA50 are quite good
- Everything of this lens is developed and patented by Pentax and Pentax produced
- The Tokina is made by Tokina but uses the Pentax patent and different coatings. -> Many PENTAX full-frame lenses are handed over by Tokina, which seems to be unavoidable.