How does this Russion lens compare to the Pentax fish-eye? I'm bidding on a Pentax 17mm/4 fish-eye lens right now. It ends tomorrow early evening (my time that is). What's a reasonable prive for this Pentax lens? Saw the Russian one on Ebay.
:-) Paul Delcour > From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:34:51 -0600 > To: pdml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Fisheye zoom > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 13:32:47 -0400 > > Paul, several of us own the F 17-28 fisheye. It is quite a fun lens. > > If you don't need the zoom, an alternative that is sharper and less > expensive is the Russian Zenitar 16 mm. f2.8 fisheye. It is available in > both K and M42 mounts. It does not have the A setting, though, and > likely never will. Thus it may not work, or work as you would want, with > the latest Pentax bodies (starkist and starkistdee). > > Joe >
