really no offense here, but i think, the guy from camera-ville is very "one-eyed" doing his reviews and literally putting every other camera into the litter.
the same bad behaviour dpreview showed in the first review of the DFA* 50mm 1.4... he's just sitting on the other side of the playing field.
To me he is to some point what i would call a "hyperactive fanboy" .
And thats obvious at first sight to every normal photog seeing his reviews. - so as a PENTAXIAN, i really have strong feeling of
second-hand embarassment...
Because judging in that way he does(out of thin air whilst talking as fast as speedy gonzales runs) and wildly gestuculating and going mad at all the other
camera makers, does not show ANY integrity or objectivity.
I really dont want to offend him, or his fans (if there are any in here reading this) and so I will accept any moderation of this post... but at the moment i cant find
other words to describe it as
exact as i see it.
(I have to admit, when it comes to this very product... the DFA*50mm 1.4... i say any kind of enthusiasm and exaltation is 100% justified and totally OK. But he's acting like that in every review he does.)
From MPOV, (judging the real life Image Quality) the new "DFA* 50mm 1.4" is indeed a stellar performer or better said: it is a hard to beat glass,
sky-high above EVERYTHING what Canon, Nikon and Sony offer in that price class
and above.
The only real competitor to this lens may be a Zeiss OTUS which costs 3times as much and lacks Autofocus.
(but only because it handles CA in harsh lighting conditions obviously better - that is a fact, plz dont beat the horse for being one - ...keep calm even OTUS lenses have their drawbacks which are revealed in every fair review... plasticky lookin bokeh... no sealings at a pp of ar. 3000bucks, etc. )
I really hope either Tony Northrup or the guy from TheCameraStoreTV will do a review on this lens, despite they dont know as much about PENTAX and available lenses as they think they do, they have always been very fair when reviewing. Yes i really think its a shame, that we dont get ANY dispassionate, sober, informative and serious reviews on that lens, because THIS LENS is really THAT GOOD and it really shows that PENTAX is back on the mat and really means it this time.
Because whatever one may say about CAs visible at 200% zoom coming from very harsh lighting conditions like pointing the center directly into the center direction of the sun and a lot of surfaces the reflects flaring and unpolarized light anyway, looking at the fast Autofocus, other facts and the image results, there is no way around to see that this is a real contender which lets other makers 50mil look stone-age old.
So I am already very very excited what the next step in the right direction will look like... talking about a possible upcoming precedent-setting flagship APS-C DSLR or a second (faster) FF DSLR line.
But plz, can we get any serious reviewers to have a look at this lens?
like:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/camera-lens-reviews/pentax-hd-fa-50mm-f-1-4-sdm-aw-review/