Out of curiosity, I took the clear filter off and, yes, focus was not as good as with it.
Bill KG4LOV [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Artur Ledóchowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 2:39 PM Subject: Re: New lens > Is your Zenitar also unable to focus on infinity? > Mine is:( I have a recently-bought K-mount version and when wide open and focused on infinity, all distant elements look unsharp. Strange that when I use any > aperture smaller than f8 and use DOF preview, those elements do look sharp. I test the first roll of film with this lens so I have no results so far but it seems to me that > on small apertures the infinity is covered by DOF. Perhaps this will be even more advantageous - I suspect that the lens may be actually focused on the hiperfocal > distance in such case. However, it seems to be no way to use large apertures (below f/8) > Greetz > Artur > ----------------- > >While on Grandfather Mountain yesterday, I had an opportunity to play with > >my new Zenitar 16mm fisheye. > >Bill KG4LOV > > > > -- > > Okresl Swoje potrzeby - my znajdziemy oferte za Ciebie! > [ http://oferty.onet.pl ] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .