I just took ownership of a new K20D and shot a hand full of test material, both inside and outside. Saving the standard accolades everyone has givenabout this body here, I must add something. My gosh, this camera shows just how good old Pentax glass really is, even compared to modern lenses!
I started with test stuff using my DA40 just to make sure everything worked.... great shots as expected. Then I noted for the first time that my Sigma 17-70 didn't look all that hot wide open....hmm. Looked okay stopped down a bit, but wide showed a softness that I had not seen before. I hadn't noted that on my K10D
But then I broke out two bits of older glass: SMC A 50 1.4 and my SMC Takumar 135 2.5 M42, the nice one: part number 43812. Holy smokes, what a difference! These lenses looked wonderful on my K10D, but the K20D's greater resolving ability makes these 30+ year old lenses look like a million bucks.
Good news is great old glass is even greater on the K20D, but it seems that modern glass considered "good" might not look all that hot.
It's great that a high end camera body like this can breathe a whole new level of performance into decades old lenses.
I just bought my K20D for 669 USD. If you're still on the sidelines, time to jump in.
Just my 2 cents.
germar
Last edited by germar; 03-28-2009 at 10:28 AM.
Reason: fixed price typo