I found your review very accurate and in the end you just don't get more quality for the more money you pay which is kinda sad. Keep going man, I love those comparison reviews! 👌
I'm a Pentaxian. I love Pentax. I appreciate the work you do because so few people will take up the gauntlet and give Pentax the praise they deserve, but you do. Those of us who love Pentax should be grateful for you effort; however, Pentaxians, as we know, can be brutal with reviewers who say anything negative towards Pentax. You can expect that if a Pentax review isn't 100% perfect, the reviewer is going to get an earful. Now, with most people (Pentaxian Trolls as well) being in "lock-down," what else is there for them to do than be an arm-chair warrior and troll others who are really working? Don't mind them. Keep up the good (and lonely) work!
That is very true. I notice there is a lot of user that if the review don't go their way, its either a bad lens, its faulty, backfocusing, I don't know what Im doing, etc . It is strange to see these kind of comments. Things are a lot quieter now after this video. It validates my points and validates all video before this. I do the same testing. I love Pentax but when I do reviews, I don't play favorites. I see and report. Thank you for always stopping by and checking out the channel. I will continue to do the reviews ! Crusade continues!.
The best thing about your reviews is that you're objective and you dont sugar coat your criticism. there will always be trolls out there! Keep on the good work, Li!
Thanks Sokol! Yup! It started to populate in the comments section so I just needed to stomp it lol. Im glad I have great viewers as yourself. I always try to be as honest as I can.
Cheers, I picked up on that “very good” for sharpness in the other review and concluded the same, but for the price I would have expected better. You mark down the f2.8 70-200mm for focus breathing but it has fast autofocus, pin sharpness and excellent colour rendering so if it says 200mm but it’s actually 180mm I really don’t care, it’s the shot that matters not the exif data. Following these reviews I won’t be swopping for the new lens but thanks for doing them whilst a comparison between the two Pentax lenses would be interesting though.
It actually depends on your subject. At 200MM it varies from 180 mm -135 mm, just keep that in mind. You will just your feet more but it has great glass I will agree. I seen the performance on my end so there is no wrong in that. Thanks for dropping by and checking out my content. I will see what the future holds for the 70-200. maybe I will follow up with the 70-200.
DFA721 let me down. I had to buy the second-hand *72. Their price is almost the same. But what saddens me most is that I have to carry on a heavy load. DFA721 puts me in a dilemma - IQ or weight.And Li,your review always useful,bravo! lol
Don't let the nay sayers get to you. Your reviews are the most detailed I have seen on just about any lens review video. Very few reviewers do a lens comparison as a reference point, that is a bonus!
Thanks Michael! I try my best. I take weeks to do my testing and reshoot the same things. I want to make things very clear to anyone that thinks I am not doing my job correctly lol. But this information basically validates my 70-210. I am glad it did. I can lift my head up high haha. Thanks for always supporting this channel Russo!
I believe you do unbiased reviews. Of course when Pentax shows better performance than the other brands, people tend to bash that comment. Thanks for your efforts
thanks Jo! Yup, I cant win. When Pentax does bad, I did a poor job or lens was bad. If Pentax is superior, oh he is a fan boy -_- . I m going to start reviewing Polaroid cameras after this lol.
Ha Ha, Li. You're doing something right! I think it means you've got a lot more viewers which is great. And along with more viewers come trolls. You've got a great work flow when reviewing lenses and cameras.Very watchable and you don't pad the reviews out with crap! Much appreciated.
HAha thanks Tony! Yea, people don't realize that I really want the Pentax to do well but I have to be honest to what I see on my end. It was very funny how everything lined up with my review and others.
Thanks Francis! I try to be fair and review what I see. I am a huge Pentax fan and trust me, I was hoping to have photos to show how superior Pentax was in the review. I couldn't render any. It was mostly even until I was shooting long range shots. cheers Francis! Thanks for dropping by the channel.
That is why I subscribe to the this channel, whether you like it or not, you get thru, with facts and no BS. Bad news something is better news. You will get more subscriber from their channels too, everyone is curious!! Even the Angry photographer had to show images eventually, the truth is in the pudding.
Haha, lol! Thanks Juan. Yea , I used to watch him but I slowly stopped because there was too much talk not enough walk. I cant do my channel like that. I need to show the evidence and not talk about it without showing it. Thank you for dropping by and yes I will try to get more Nikon reviews in this channel and other brands slowly. So stay tune!
That seems to be an issue on my end. I am slowly running into barriers where places don't carry the lenses anymore. Its sad to say but I have only a handful of lenses that I can review now. Maybe I do some gofund me account to get lenses but I don't know how well that will work. Doubt people will want to fund it.
I am enjoying so many of your video, thank you for your dedication to telling it like it is and real world testing! I looked on your channel and may have missed it but have/can you please compare to the Tamron SP A001 70-200 LD AF IF Di Pentax mount? Thank you!
@@theCameraVille I wanted make sure you saw my question. I looked on your channel and may have missed it but have/can you please compare to the Tamron SP A001 70-200 LD AF IF Di Pentax mount?
Li I really enjoy your approach to the testing you do. I know you have a hard time getting copies of old lenses, but I am left wondering if the old FA 80-200 f2.8 might be the best Pentax lens in this space given it’s affordability now days ... just a thought!
Haha, this is exactly the crusade I did with the 85mm 1.4. As soon as the new 85 mm 1.4 release and I do my review, I will sell off my 85mm 1.4 and another lens and I will hunt that one down. ( Gosh I don't want to let go this 85mm ). I will try. I think might be same results, but we will see~!
Your review is very accurate, the only thing missing is that this lens is total nonsense. What is missing there? Ok first of all it is NOT reasonable priced, almost double than Tamron. Also it is huge for what it does. Or what it doesn't, as example it is completely useless for low light, indoor events, night shots ...f4 is too slow for that. Landscaping? Maybe for casual hiking, but for some serious hiking it occupies too much space in your backpack. Consumer telephoto with variable aperture and the same optical quality like DFA 28-105 will be much better choice. Just take a look at Thomas Heaton's channel, the story of his trip to Himalaya is very educational regarding that. Btw that lens named "Telephoto zoom lens" is sitting there on a Ricoh lens road map for almost 3 years and nobody cares.
Bahahahaa lol. This is why I don't own the 70-210 F4. I was amaze over 200 + voted for this review. But yea , when comparing to the entire market, it isn't well priced. You can literally buy the Tamron and a used body with it. Its like a $500 difference between the lenses. That's a lot of money. I expected much more from Pentax in this review. Thanks for your input.
i wonder if you tested the longest focal at different distances. Could it be that it has issues at infinity or is it at any distance? Just for test sake. Thanks again for the review. It seems the price is to high if it has this issue, i would expect anyone getting a zoom like this price won't be expecting this kind of issues.
I think you hit it on the money. For the price difference, I was expecting a big difference. Not struggling difference. It was very even until long range shot on the long end. This just means DSLR nikon and canon are getting a better bang for the buck on this lens. Pentax is paying premium for better AF, and WR, poor long end results. It is crazy to me.
This would cause a stir because I remember people didn't like the limited to be compared anymore to non limited lens. They want it to be in its own class. This is what I was told. I don't want to make enemies lol
Barnie L Would love to but I had a request video on what lens you want me to review for 2020. I budgeted everything for the people who voted. I dont get anything free and it has trickled down to my own personal budget. Another issue is tracking some of these lenses down at this current state of Covid -19. I usually have a few camera store that I work with.
Don't feed the trolls as they say. Keep up the honest nonbias work. Some of these fanboys get really ****hurt when they're favorite XYZ brand don't seem to "show up" for the price they're asking for.
Raoul! thanks!. Yea I am here to try to save people from a bad investment. If anything, I would probably made more money by saying Pentax is way better than the Tamron. But you are right, some fanboys just wont let it go. I am a fan for the Pentax but I don't want to push lenses like the rest ( if you know what I mean). Thanks for your feed back Raoul! Please be safe in NY my man.
I've watched your both reviews twice for Pentax of 70-200 f2.8 and 70-210 f4, because I'm looking for a zoom lens for shooting in the city. But it seems to be disappointing on both of them... But 150-450 is really way too far for my use cases. Would you like to say which of them (70-200, 70-210 or others) have a better performance-price ratio? (for K1-ii)
Chenyang Liu 70-200 over price, its a 60 -135 mm lens if you are 6 feet away😂😂🤦♂️🤦♂️. 70-210 is sharp and fast but far subjects after 30 ft falls off. So no landscape shooting but cant believe the cheap Tamron Is more value for the money. I would say buy 70-210 over 70-200. Price, wieght, no focus breathing, speed in AF. I had 4 copies of 70-200 and hated it. Cant see myself recommending it.
Really no need to defend your last review. It was accurate and totally data driven. And in terms of the pricing, I still see a remarkable price difference between the two lenses comared in this review (and this is what counts): The Tamron, which is between 400 and 500 € and the Pentax for at least a factor of 2. Tamron did a a really good job, and it's a shame that they dropped the Pentax K-mount. And comparing these two lenses, is is hard for Pentax to justfy their price.
Yea, I really wanted to Pentax to dominate right off the bat with everything. When I saw how snappy the AF was on my end, I was thinking Pentax is going to slam the Tamron. In the end , Pentax started off strong with the WR, AF, but optics performance wasn't good. ;\ for x2 the price almost ;\
Sorry, but that a pretty redundant update, which gives us no new findings that were not already known. I was expecting that, you would do the sharpness test at 210mm with different sample of the Pentax lens, just to make sure it wasn't a faulty model.
This was already confirmed by my supplier as well. All performed the same. I was going to do that actually until the rest of the outlets also confirmed it being soft at the long end. There is nothing I can really do if supplier, other reviewers and myself also spotted this issue. cheers!
Li, maybe the best solution is to try another copy of the lens and check if the problem with sharpness at the long end still exists? I saw photos on Pentaxians fb group and sharpness seems to be way better. Anyway, thanks for the review. You do a great job. Peace!
Sharpness is great when you are shooting mid range. When you are shooting on the long end, just like that website said as well, its soft. Also none of the images I show is post processes. Please be aware the difference between post processes to raw photos. Anyone can go and sharpen up an image. Also another user here said he experience the same issue. This is clear that the my review was well documented.
@@theCameraVille Hi Li. Well said and I agree with your review - lens is soft at the long end. But please take into account, that if you refer to another user with same soft long end experience, you should listen to users that bought great copy with sharp long end. You review is awsome but it lacks the comment that long end sharpness is vary and lens probably suffers from premature baby syndrome. And that probably was the reason why people were a bit angry with your review. But is was your review, your experience and you have the full right to think so;) Anyway, fingers crossed that Pentax will fix that problem:) Peace man!
Didn’t see anything wrong with your review on the 70-210 or 70-200 for that matter. I had the Pentax 70-200 and never really liked the lens for all the reasons you pointed out. The Pentax Forum review was glowing and I found that review to be off rather badly. I sold the 70-200 and still plan to get the 70-210. The 70-200 was nowhere near the lens my 150-450 is and the weight felt almost the same. The 70-210 will do what I need it to do so thanks for giving it a “test drive”. The 70-200 was an expensive disappointment for me. No need to defend yourself as I think you’re doing a very credible job of reviewing Pentax gear.
Peter! Thank you so much for your feed back. Sometimes its hard to ignore a high volume of the same responses on a previous video. I think people automatically assumes because its a new lens it will dominate. Seems like all the other reviewers noticed the same issue. Thanks for your feedback again Pete!
I think that there was no need to prepare this one more update video. As lenses aparently using the same optical formula, they should have the same sharpness. The differences should be somewhere else (weather sealing, AF, flare resistance etc.). Thus, the difference in sharpness should be just due to copy variation which appears everywhere. PS: I am a Pentaxian :)
There was a need to do this video due to the influx of claims out there. This basically squashes it. I heard nothing at all from anyone and also no apologies. In the end, my versions here is identical to my lenders other copies and also identical to the copies released in the UK by the reviewer; therefore the lens design was terrible. Also new Tamron 70-180mm 2.8 lens is coming out for Sony for the same price as this 70-210 F4 which is a dangerous release for Pentax. If this lens performs better than the 70-200 2.8 and price the same as 70-210 F4 by pentax, this is a bad situation happening.
They just prove my video is correct. The trolls actually helped validate my video even more to think about it. Holy crap, thank you to all the trolls LOL! I am off the hook. I am not reviewing that lens anymore lol. I was planning to but seeing that others also got the same results. I am fine :D
I found your review very accurate and in the end you just don't get more quality for the more money you pay which is kinda sad. Keep going man, I love those comparison reviews! 👌
Thanks! Yes, even that website experience the same issue. Thank you for your patience. I just want to kill off all the rumors and chit chats.
I'm a Pentaxian. I love Pentax. I appreciate the work you do because so few people will take up the gauntlet and give Pentax the praise they deserve, but you do. Those of us who love Pentax should be grateful for you effort; however, Pentaxians, as we know, can be brutal with reviewers who say anything negative towards Pentax. You can expect that if a Pentax review isn't 100% perfect, the reviewer is going to get an earful. Now, with most people (Pentaxian Trolls as well) being in "lock-down," what else is there for them to do than be an arm-chair warrior and troll others who are really working? Don't mind them. Keep up the good (and lonely) work!
That is very true. I notice there is a lot of user that if the review don't go their way, its either a bad lens, its faulty, backfocusing, I don't know what Im doing, etc . It is strange to see these kind of comments. Things are a lot quieter now after this video. It validates my points and validates all video before this. I do the same testing. I love Pentax but when I do reviews, I don't play favorites. I see and report. Thank you for always stopping by and checking out the channel. I will continue to do the reviews ! Crusade continues!.
The best thing about your reviews is that you're objective and you dont sugar coat your criticism. there will always be trolls out there! Keep on the good work, Li!
Thanks Sokol! Yup! It started to populate in the comments section so I just needed to stomp it lol. Im glad I have great viewers as yourself. I always try to be as honest as I can.
You can't make everyone happy, just need to be true to yourself. Keep it up and thanks.
Darren! Thank you man.
Cheers, I picked up on that “very good” for sharpness in the other review and concluded the same, but for the price I would have expected better. You mark down the f2.8 70-200mm for focus breathing but it has fast autofocus, pin sharpness and excellent colour rendering so if it says 200mm but it’s actually 180mm I really don’t care, it’s the shot that matters not the exif data. Following these reviews I won’t be swopping for the new lens but thanks for doing them whilst a comparison between the two Pentax lenses would be interesting though.
It actually depends on your subject. At 200MM it varies from 180 mm -135 mm, just keep that in mind. You will just your feet more but it has great glass I will agree. I seen the performance on my end so there is no wrong in that.
Thanks for dropping by and checking out my content. I will see what the future holds for the 70-200. maybe I will follow up with the 70-200.
DFA721 let me down. I had to buy the second-hand *72. Their price is almost the same. But what saddens me most is that I have to carry on a heavy load. DFA721 puts me in a dilemma - IQ or weight.And Li,your review always useful,bravo! lol
My pleasure!
Don't let the nay sayers get to you. Your reviews are the most detailed I have seen on just about any lens review video. Very few reviewers do a lens comparison as a reference point, that is a bonus!
Thanks Michael! I try my best. I take weeks to do my testing and reshoot the same things. I want to make things very clear to anyone that thinks I am not doing my job correctly lol. But this information basically validates my 70-210. I am glad it did. I can lift my head up high haha.
Thanks for always supporting this channel Russo!
I believe you do unbiased reviews. Of course when Pentax shows better performance than the other brands, people tend to bash that comment. Thanks for your efforts
thanks Jo! Yup, I cant win. When Pentax does bad, I did a poor job or lens was bad. If Pentax is superior, oh he is a fan boy -_- . I m going to start reviewing Polaroid cameras after this lol.
Ha Ha, Li.
You're doing something right! I think it means you've got a lot more viewers which is great.
And along with more viewers come trolls.
You've got a great work flow when reviewing lenses and cameras.Very watchable and you don't pad the reviews out with crap!
Much appreciated.
HAha thanks Tony! Yea, people don't realize that I really want the Pentax to do well but I have to be honest to what I see on my end. It was very funny how everything lined up with my review and others.
Why can't people just pause the video and check the pictures?
Keep up the good work Li.
That's what I am thinking as well? Lol. Common sense isn't common ;\ Thanks for stopping by mate!
Hey! I think your review are always really accurate 👍🏻👍🏻 keep the great review going!
Thanks Francis! I try to be fair and review what I see. I am a huge Pentax fan and trust me, I was hoping to have photos to show how superior Pentax was in the review. I couldn't render any. It was mostly even until I was shooting long range shots.
cheers Francis! Thanks for dropping by the channel.
That is why I subscribe to the this channel, whether you like it or not, you get thru, with facts and no BS. Bad news something is better news. You will get more subscriber from their channels too, everyone is curious!! Even the Angry photographer had to show images eventually, the truth is in the pudding.
Haha, lol! Thanks Juan. Yea , I used to watch him but I slowly stopped because there was too much talk not enough walk. I cant do my channel like that. I need to show the evidence and not talk about it without showing it. Thank you for dropping by and yes I will try to get more Nikon reviews in this channel and other brands slowly. So stay tune!
Love your reviews because they are based on FACTS.
I enjoyed both reviews, keep up the good work!
Thanks Steph!
You did a fine job with your review ... and we appreciate it.
Thanks Steven! Appreciate your feedback. I just want to be honest as possible with my reviews. Im fortunate to have a great following . cheers mate~!
Hey Lee your reviews are great ! Can you review the old Tamron 70-200 2.8 Macro and the 50-135 2.8 Pentax ??
That seems to be an issue on my end. I am slowly running into barriers where places don't carry the lenses anymore. Its sad to say but I have only a handful of lenses that I can review now. Maybe I do some gofund me account to get lenses but I don't know how well that will work. Doubt people will want to fund it.
I am enjoying so many of your video, thank you for your dedication to telling it like it is and real world testing!
I looked on your channel and may have missed it but have/can you please compare to the Tamron SP A001 70-200 LD AF IF Di Pentax mount?
Thank you!
Thank you!
@@theCameraVille I wanted make sure you saw my question. I looked on your channel and may have missed it but have/can you please compare to the Tamron SP A001 70-200 LD AF IF Di Pentax mount?
Li I really enjoy your approach to the testing you do. I know you have a hard time getting copies of old lenses, but I am left wondering if the old FA 80-200 f2.8 might be the best Pentax lens in this space given it’s affordability now days ... just a thought!
Haha, this is exactly the crusade I did with the 85mm 1.4. As soon as the new 85 mm 1.4 release and I do my review, I will sell off my 85mm 1.4 and another lens and I will hunt that one down. ( Gosh I don't want to let go this 85mm ). I will try. I think might be same results, but we will see~!
Your review is very accurate, the only thing missing is that this lens is total nonsense. What is missing there? Ok first of all it is NOT reasonable priced, almost double than Tamron. Also it is huge for what it does. Or what it doesn't, as example it is completely useless for low light, indoor events, night shots ...f4 is too slow for that. Landscaping? Maybe for casual hiking, but for some serious hiking it occupies too much space in your backpack. Consumer telephoto with variable aperture and the same optical quality like DFA 28-105 will be much better choice. Just take a look at Thomas Heaton's channel, the story of his trip to Himalaya is very educational regarding that. Btw that lens named "Telephoto zoom lens" is sitting there on a Ricoh lens road map for almost 3 years and nobody cares.
Bahahahaa lol. This is why I don't own the 70-210 F4. I was amaze over 200 + voted for this review. But yea , when comparing to the entire market, it isn't well priced. You can literally buy the Tamron and a used body with it. Its like a $500 difference between the lenses. That's a lot of money. I expected much more from Pentax in this review. Thanks for your input.
i wonder if you tested the longest focal at different distances. Could it be that it has issues at infinity or is it at any distance? Just for test sake. Thanks again for the review.
It seems the price is to high if it has this issue, i would expect anyone getting a zoom like this price won't be expecting this kind of issues.
I think you hit it on the money. For the price difference, I was expecting a big difference. Not struggling difference. It was very even until long range shot on the long end. This just means DSLR nikon and canon are getting a better bang for the buck on this lens. Pentax is paying premium for better AF, and WR, poor long end results. It is crazy to me.
Dunno if you have the time for that, but did you consider comparison between your FA* 85mm F/1.4 and 77mm limited?
This would cause a stir because I remember people didn't like the limited to be compared anymore to non limited lens. They want it to be in its own class. This is what I was told. I don't want to make enemies lol
@@theCameraVille How about comparing 77 and DA 70 then? ;)
Barnie L Would love to but I had a request video on what lens you want me to review for 2020. I budgeted everything for the people who voted. I dont get anything free and it has trickled down to my own personal budget. Another issue is tracking some of these lenses down at this current state of Covid -19. I usually have a few camera store that I work with.
@@theCameraVille Oh, I just thought you already had those two lenses. Anyway, looking forward to what you have planned for this year. Stay healthy!
Don't feed the trolls as they say. Keep up the honest nonbias work. Some of these fanboys get really ****hurt when they're favorite XYZ brand don't seem to "show up" for the price they're asking for.
Raoul! thanks!. Yea I am here to try to save people from a bad investment. If anything, I would probably made more money by saying Pentax is way better than the Tamron. But you are right, some fanboys just wont let it go. I am a fan for the Pentax but I don't want to push lenses like the rest ( if you know what I mean).
Thanks for your feed back Raoul! Please be safe in NY my man.
I've watched your both reviews twice for Pentax of 70-200 f2.8 and 70-210 f4, because I'm looking for a zoom lens for shooting in the city. But it seems to be disappointing on both of them... But 150-450 is really way too far for my use cases. Would you like to say which of them (70-200, 70-210 or others) have a better performance-price ratio? (for K1-ii)
Chenyang Liu 70-200 over price, its a 60 -135 mm lens if you are 6 feet away😂😂🤦♂️🤦♂️. 70-210 is sharp and fast but far subjects after 30 ft falls off. So no landscape shooting but cant believe the cheap Tamron Is more value for the money.
I would say buy 70-210 over 70-200. Price, wieght, no focus breathing, speed in AF.
I had 4 copies of 70-200 and hated it. Cant see myself recommending it.
@@theCameraVille Thank you very much!!!
Chenyang Liu Not a problem. Yea after my 4th copy of 70-200, i said no more. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
♥the CameraVille
Thaks ximer!!
Really no need to defend your last review. It was accurate and totally data driven. And in terms of the pricing, I still see a remarkable price difference between the two lenses comared in this review (and this is what counts): The Tamron, which is between 400 and 500 € and the Pentax for at least a factor of 2. Tamron did a a really good job, and it's a shame that they dropped the Pentax K-mount. And comparing these two lenses, is is hard for Pentax to justfy their price.
Yea, I really wanted to Pentax to dominate right off the bat with everything. When I saw how snappy the AF was on my end, I was thinking Pentax is going to slam the Tamron. In the end , Pentax started off strong with the WR, AF, but optics performance wasn't good. ;\ for x2 the price almost ;\
Haters gonna hate Li.. Stay safe man. Peace.
Thanks Alvin! It is strange and its funny when they direct me to a source that replicates my review LOL.
Sorry, but that a pretty redundant update, which gives us no new findings that were not already known. I was expecting that, you would do the sharpness test at 210mm with different sample of the Pentax lens, just to make sure it wasn't a faulty model.
This was already confirmed by my supplier as well. All performed the same.
I was going to do that actually until the rest of the outlets also confirmed it being soft at the long end. There is nothing I can really do if supplier, other reviewers and myself also spotted this issue.
cheers!
Li, maybe the best solution is to try another copy of the lens and check if the problem with sharpness at the long end still exists? I saw photos on Pentaxians fb group and sharpness seems to be way better. Anyway, thanks for the review. You do a great job. Peace!
Sharpness is great when you are shooting mid range. When you are shooting on the long end, just like that website said as well, its soft. Also none of the images I show is post processes. Please be aware the difference between post processes to raw photos. Anyone can go and sharpen up an image. Also another user here said he experience the same issue. This is clear that the my review was well documented.
@@theCameraVille Hi Li. Well said and I agree with your review - lens is soft at the long end. But please take into account, that if you refer to another user with same soft long end experience, you should listen to users that bought great copy with sharp long end. You review is awsome but it lacks the comment that long end sharpness is vary and lens probably suffers from premature baby syndrome. And that probably was the reason why people were a bit angry with your review. But is was your review, your experience and you have the full right to think so;) Anyway, fingers crossed that Pentax will fix that problem:) Peace man!
Didn’t see anything wrong with your review on the 70-210 or 70-200 for that matter. I had the Pentax 70-200 and never really liked the lens for all the reasons you pointed out. The Pentax Forum review was glowing and I found that review to be off rather badly. I sold the 70-200 and still plan to get the 70-210. The 70-200 was nowhere near the lens my 150-450 is and the weight felt almost the same. The 70-210 will do what I need it to do so thanks for giving it a “test drive”. The 70-200 was an expensive disappointment for me. No need to defend yourself as I think you’re doing a very credible job of reviewing Pentax gear.
Peter! Thank you so much for your feed back. Sometimes its hard to ignore a high volume of the same responses on a previous video. I think people automatically assumes because its a new lens it will dominate. Seems like all the other reviewers noticed the same issue. Thanks for your feedback again Pete!
I think that there was no need to prepare this one more update video. As lenses aparently using the same optical formula, they should have the same sharpness. The differences should be somewhere else (weather sealing, AF, flare resistance etc.). Thus, the difference in sharpness should be just due to copy variation which appears everywhere. PS: I am a Pentaxian :)
There was a need to do this video due to the influx of claims out there. This basically squashes it. I heard nothing at all from anyone and also no apologies. In the end, my versions here is identical to my lenders other copies and also identical to the copies released in the UK by the reviewer; therefore the lens design was terrible.
Also new Tamron 70-180mm 2.8 lens is coming out for Sony for the same price as this 70-210 F4 which is a dangerous release for Pentax. If this lens performs better than the 70-200 2.8 and price the same as 70-210 F4 by pentax, this is a bad situation happening.
Maybe it wasn't bad copy of a Pentax, but exceptional copy of a Tamron then xD
Lol nope.. nice try ;D . Pentax is soft on the long end, seriously soft.
@@theCameraVille Yeah I know. It's just mind boggling that Pentax was supposed to be identical to the Tamron, and yet the results are what they are.
Hahhahaha I laugh so hard ! You nailed it. Hahhahhaa
The trolls literally proved my point. My review is correct LOL!...
You tell them ayi! Lol
They just prove my video is correct. The trolls actually helped validate my video even more to think about it. Holy crap, thank you to all the trolls LOL! I am off the hook. I am not reviewing that lens anymore lol. I was planning to but seeing that others also got the same results. I am fine :D
So much pixel peaking
Robert Hansen hahaha Helping people protect their investment😂