(*as I know more that Pentax/Tokina 50-135 I'll use that as my point of reference)
Originally posted by Nakedgun "Old" is a relative term.
maybe I'm too much used to the fast pacing of computer hardware... But a 9 years old lens for me is quite old tech...
I mean, back in 2007, we get a Canon 40D as a update tech, which got an APS-C with 10 MPixel APS-C sensor... And this lens was refered sharp fot that resolution...We have to wait some months more to have the first DSLR with video compatibilities... For me is kind of ages in technology industry...
Originally posted by Nakedgun Whether or not Ricoh has made plans to retire these two * lenses anytime soon is unknown, but, unlikely. They are outstanding, optically, so why should they?
'cause, with a bit of "self-love", I don't find that oustanding optically... And probably I'm not the only one
do not get me wrong. I find that lens (50-135) good and very interesting... but its AF seems to be not so good compared to newer lenses with more sophisticated AF system and its optical quality is not that good... it's soft, with those 20/24Mpixel sensors :/
So I prefer to use that adjective for, for example, those Sigma 18-35 and 50-100...
If I'm not wrong, that Pentax 50-135 share the same optical scheme to that Tokina 50-135...
There can be some differences and some lens variation between specific model of the same product, but I don't think it will change too much from that point you see in this video. Compared with that 18-35, for resolution and chromatic aberration... The gap is not small...
Originally posted by Nakedgun Don't hope. Do.
ahahahahah or "get your gear out" cit. Matt Granger
you're probably right...
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Originally posted by Sasha Compared with that 18-35
because that guy reviewed also this lens... A more fair comparison would be with the 50-100 with the same aperture (yet not reviewed) but it would not change much as resolution and chromatic aberration is better with that Sigma too.