----- Original Message ----- From: "Digital Image Studio" Subject: Re: Pentax or Bust
> On 24/08/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The 15mm is a superb piece of optical engineering as many of you will >> know. On a 1.3 crop camera it still gives a very usable wide image, and >> with no vingetting due to said crop. I don't even focus it - set it to >> f8, set the focus accordingly and just get lost in the framing with the >> camera set on aperture priority. It's not the brightest view at f8 on >> stop-down metering but entirely do-able. > > It definitely appears to be underrated by some owners, I'd hope it's > not sample variation but like you I've found it quite a pretty good > performer on my APS crop bodies, it's only real failing is that it > tends to flare more than later lenses in areas of high contrast. I love mine, but it is a bit of a horse. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
