One of my favorites. I still use it as a slow normal zoom. >>> "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/27/2008 7:44 PM >>>
Yes but I'm all set for FF Pentax, I've still got my 20-35mm FA 4.0 really nice as an ultra wide on film,. even better as a ~28 mm equivalent on APS-C and also no where near $2000 when new. It breaks my heart that it's been discontinued. Adam Maas wrote: > And that's a crop lens. So it would be one of the ways of saving $2000 > dollars by running in DX crop mode. It sucks at 18mm on FF (Been > there, done that with the Tokina on an F100, it's not anything > approaching a solution for FF use). > > Truly good ultra-wide zooms for F mount come down to the 14-24 f2.8 > (the king of ultra-wide zoom performance on any mount right now, beats > every prime in its range except the 21 Distagon) at $2k CDN and the > 17-35 f2.8 AF-S which gets worse as it gets wider but is extremely > good at 35mm. That's around $1500CDN new if you can actually find one. > > -Adam > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:24 AM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hum, last I herd the Pentax 12-24 was pretty decent, and that doesn't cost >> anywhere near to $2000. The Tokina version might or might not be SMC but it >> has a pretty good reputation. I always considered 18mm pretty much ultra >> wide on 35mm. >> >> Adam Maas wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:15 AM, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> From: "David Savage" >>>> >>>> >>> >>>>> Nikon's DX lenses work on the D3/D700. Admittedly at a "cropped" >>>>> resolution, >>>>> but they do work. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> What's the point of shelling out the bucks for a full frame DSLR, if >>>> you're >>>> only going to be able to shoot "cropped" because the lenses won't cover >>>> the >>>> full frame? >>>> >>>> >>> So you don't have to shell out an extra $2000 right away to get a good >>> ultra-wide zoom. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. >> --Al Capone. >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > > > -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- 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. !SIG:492f3fda264832018364022! -- 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.
