It certainly is a very distinctive lens. People tend to either love it or hate it.
I use mine for getting really close to subjects and using the distortion creatively. It doesn't distort the same way a fish does, as it will keep lines straight. In that way it can distort more than a fish does if you are not shooting square and level. You can see examples of mine here: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=sigma&w=73908111%40N00 I wouldn't recommend using the lens for landscapes as it is way too wide in most cases. Point the lens down too much and your feet will be in the shot. Power lines, poles, and other random things are really easy to include in the shot. There is also a fairly large group on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/sigma10-20/pool/ It also tends to be sharpest at around f/8-f/11, though it does seem to suffer from a lot of sample variation. You will see plenty of distortion even at the sharp apertures at the corners and edges. It has a certain radial distortion that is hard to describe, but very characteristic. All in all, I like the lens. On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote: > Michael Beacom wrote: > >>It's tax return time... >>Anybody use Sigma's 10-20? How do you like it? > > One thing I can tell you from the photos I've seen from this lens is > that it has some pretty weird distortions. Probably not noticeable if > you shoot only landscapes but very odd-looking in cityscapes and > architectural shots. > > > -- > 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. > -- Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
