Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-13-2015, 11:30 AM
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and consensus here seems that it should be recieving a similar rating. Hence the several pages of discussion.
The original poster is requesting that we post reviews based upon how well a lens works as expected. ie, an M shouldn't be dinged for not having auto focus and a kit lens shouldn't be dinged for being a kit lens.
The 18-55 a kit lens that is not very fast, not extremely wide and not very long performs quite well. When compared to other kit lenses of this range, it performs as expected.
The FA77 as a portrait lengh prime does as well. When compared to other 70-90mm primes it performs quite well too.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-09-2015, 08:17 PM
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I agree here. I can't say that I fault a reviewer who puts an honest effort in and offers clarity as to why they offered the ratings they offer.
And it can be confusing for the opposite reasons as well. What does a new camera user think when he sees the M 50mm 1.7 get a 9.35 rating
and a 50mm 1.8 get a 9.29. Must both be about the same, yet if anyone here were offered the choice of either lens for $100 most would consider the 1.7 overpriced and 1.8 of good value.
While I understand the goal of comparing M's to M's and DA's to DA's many users just want to know which ones work best and why, or what limitations of each lens do to the value.
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