On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Francis wrote: >> >> I wouldn't call the Nikon 13mm a piece of junk :-) >> >> Seriously, though, I knew many people who owned and used the Sigma >> (mostly in Canon mount). It seemed to produce reasonable results. > > I'm a big fan of the Sigma EX series lenses. I'd rate the 180/3.5 macro with > some of the best Pentax lenses, in terms of image quality and construction. > >
The Sigma 12-24 is not up to the performance of other EX series lenses like the 10-20 or the 180 macro. But it is quite good nonetheless and the distortion control is incredibly good, better than any other zoom in its FoV range and also better than most ultra-wide primes. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.