On Jan 22, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > I stand corrected. It is not circular fisheye as it follows from your photos, > Dario. It is apparently diagonal one... > > This is way cool!
The 10/2.8 Boris mentioned is very interesting, but it doesn't look like it would be out until next summer, and I expect that it'll cost quite a bit more than $300. So, it looks like if I want to blow $300 on amazon on a fun toy, the 8/3.5 might just fit that bill nicely. > > On 1/22/2013 9:26 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: >> Hi Larry, my advice is 'go for the 8/3.5'. I own and enjoy it beyond my >> most optimistic forecast when buying. >> Just see here a few pics, taken on Friday at the PDML meeting in Venice: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/8394145769/in/photostream >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/8395230278/in/photostream/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/8394145939/in/photostream/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/8395230472/in/photostream/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/8394146137/in/photostream/ >> >> Another pic: >> http://pug.komkon.org/12nov/slides/DB-201211_Rovinj.html >> >> Focusing is not so easy, because focus and out-of-focus is not so >> obvious in viewfinder, and the focus indication can be fooled by the >> lens properties (a minimal shift in optical groups causes a lot of focus >> shift). For that same reason, a perfect tuning of focusing ring at >> manufacturing is not so easy for such lenses. However, I believe the >> spirit of such lens is having more focus planes in focus at a time, so I >> tend to focus it by looking at the focus scale and set F8 for aperture >> (the very shirt focal length allows for longer shutter speeds without >> worrying so much about motion blur). That works pretty well. All pics >> above have been shot that way. >> >> Dario >> >> -----Messaggio originale----- From: Larry Colen >> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:02 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: About those samyang lenses .... >> >> We just cashed in a bunch of loose coinage and have over $200 in Amazon >> credits. This is nearly enough for either the Samyang/Rokinon 85/1.4 or >> the 8mm/3.5 and I'm quite tempted to make an impulse purchase. >> >> I've heard a lot of good about the 85/1.4, but since I have the 77/1.8 >> I'm quite tempted by the 8/3.5. Especially since my current widest lens >> is my 16-50. Anybody have experience with the 8? Or ideally both >> lenses? Suggestions? Advice? Warnings? >> >> How hard is it to focus the 8mm? Or with the short focal length, is it >> harder to get the shot out of focus? >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
