Hi Cotty, on 11 Nov 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
>>here made experiences with the Sigma wide angles (17-35, 15-30 or the >>new 12-14)? >Heiko, I have the Sigma EX 14mm 2.8 and use it on my D60, giving an >effective focal length of 22.4mm. On an *ist D it should work out to >about 21mm. That's a good hint. Maybe I was focused on wide angle zooms, too much. >It is a large lens with lots of glass, the front element is weird - a >huge spherical block of ice peering out from a built-in lens hood. >Remember Hal? He's here. Ohoh... I will have to put that set into a closet in order to prevent any paranoid developments... ... >Otherwise, it is a good performer and considering that you won't be using >the edges on an APS DSLR - typically the worst part of the frame in terms >of performance - then things aren't too bad at all. It is pricey (UK >about 6 to 700 quid new) but they can be found on eBay. I have never seen one on eBay Germany (but I did never search one there ;-)). Let's see if I can find one. But the price is quite high - you're right. >I use it frequently for landscape and street. It >is plenty wide for me which is a good thing - to go wider on an APS DSLR >is near impossible. There will be this Sigma 12-24 with 122° angle of view. They say that it will work on a 35mm SLR, too. I can't imagine how that could work - seems to be against all physics. >Personally, with a Pentax I would go for the A 15mm 3.5. I have an eye on them at eBay. Sometimes you can get one at 450-500 Euro - that would be about the same as the Sigma EX14. So it comes to a trade-off: SMC without AF or AF without SMC. At the moment I would go for the Pentax, too. Cheers and thanks, Heiko
