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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-01-2018, 06:34 AM
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And here I would have thought it was because the older glass has different style of rendering that helps it's images stand out from images taken with modern everyday lenses.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-31-2018, 01:16 PM
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Which you will realize when you offer to pay what you think it's worth, and the bidding ends up over asking price because you didn't go for the "buy it now" option. Some guy in his chair deciding what lens is worth is of zero interest.
Back in my early days on the forum, I bid $2000 on an FA*250-600. Looking back, even though I'm now have diminished mobility and strength from getting older, understanding what I know now, I should have bid the 7 to win the auction. I still had 7 good years left and that lens would have been the love of my life. My chance Is gone now. I simply can't manage lenses of that size anymore. DO I wish that I hadn't been so myopic about what the lens would be worth to me? Sure I do. It turns out, the way my photography went, it would have been my darling. Back then I'd barely explored long lenses and had no idea what it was worth. $2000 seemed like a lot. Now it seems like chicken feed, because I know I'd have to pay $15k for a modern equivalent I might not like as much. I missed out.
To me there is one excuse for not buying a star quality lens when you have the chance. And that would be that you don't have the money to spend on that type of item.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-15-2018, 06:08 AM
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Ya, ya, we get it, you know more than all those people willing to pay the big bucks for the lens.
Argument from ignorance - Wikipedia
I have absolutely no compulsion to make judgements as to the value of this lens, either way. It's an open question waiting for a definitive answer.
There are very few lenses if any, that have direct comparisons images. There are only a few places you can see results for different cameras, I know of none that compare different lenses. Asking people to find Imaging Resources type camera comparison images for lenses is impossible. Meaning working solely on images, you'll be working from ignorance, most of the time.
Personally I lucked out. I dropped my FA 50. Need a new fast 50, the DA*55 was available, the DFA 50 1.4 had just come out. I was able to see direct comparison images. The DFA 50 looked better in ways that were not significant to my shooting. But I could also see why someone else might pay the extra $700 for the DFA. That is an informed decision.
I lucked out, usually these kinds of decisions are a hope and prayer.
The thing with lens comparisons is, if you have two 135s and you know which you like, why would you take the time to do a comparison. What's in it for the tester. I can tell you. A lot of people complaining about your methodology. A lot of people who want to argue with your results. Nothing but grief.
So why would you do that with all these internet experts that know better out there?
Although I have to say, doing the tests teaches you way more than can be conveyed in a test write up. To the point I'd say, you shouldn't be commenting until you've done a few tests yourself. Many of the attributes that make a lens desirable are really not all that quantifiable.
I don't pay much attention to anyone who hasn't put a bunch of lenses down on their table and tried them all one after the other to produce comparison images, like I do for various focal lengths. Doing that, you know way more about the lenses, how nice they are to use, how easy it is to achieve focus etc. images are just part of the package.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-14-2018, 07:13 AM
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How do you compensate for the different skills of the various photographers?
I bought my DA*55 after comparing it's images with the DFA 50, after someone posted a direct comparison, same image. The differences were apparent, and I was able to make an informed decision. I don't see how that fact that most of humanity doesn't make informed decisions helps your case.
Just because billions of people make poor decisions, does that mean you want to join them? Sounds like a good plan if your goal is to take to take average photos that look like everyone else's.
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