Ah, well if you've already got 20mm covered then you are looking wider. I'd say the Samyang/Bower is a no-brainer. My son-in-law (the Canon shooter) did some tests and showed that it out-performed the Canon 14mm L. (More than one photog has come to that conclusion, if you Google it). I agree with you on the manual focus + DOF of the Samyang.
PS.. Adorama has all flavors of that lens for $249 right now: http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20654599.html Always happy give a shove down the slippery slope! :) On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:44 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've thought about that too, but I've kind of got 20mm covered with the FA > 20-35mm it really is a very nice lens and though it's a bit bulkier than a > good prime, it's very light. It's also very sharp, and exhibits very little > distortion. On APS-C it's not very wide, really, which is the appeal of the > Samyang, which at least gets me close to Ultra wide territory, also the > Samyang is designed for FF, so if ever win the lottery, and Ricoh actually > releases the FF Pentax K mount I'll be ready. > > Oh, yea, it's not autofocus, but that's the least of my worries. At > Hyperfocal distance a 14mm lens has a range of acceptable focus from about > 14 feet to infinity. With those numbers manual focus is like horse shoes. > > > On 4/28/2015 11:26 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> You might also consider the Pentax 21mm f3.2 Limited. The SMC version >> (used) can be had for nearly the same price as the Bower. >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=80 >> http://www.flickriver.com/lenses/pentax/smcpda21mmf32al/ >> >> Obviously not as wide as the 14mm Samyang. But a much smaller package >> (119 gr vs 558 gr) and autofocus. Price favors Samyang if comparing >> new to new. >> >> I'm very happy with my Sigma EX 10-20mm f4-5.6 for the ultrawide side >> of things, but recently I find myself drawn to that little 21mm Pentax >> Limited. >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:35 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> So for quite some time now I've been debating the merits of buying an >>> extra-ultra wide angle lens. Since going digital the only really wide >>> lens >>> I've been using is my old K 17mm f4.0 fisheye, which is kinda like a >>> having >>> a 24mm lens on a 35mm film body but with just incredible barrel >>> distortion, >>> but not fish eye. >>> >>> I've been debating getting the 15mm f4 the 14mm f2.8 one of the Zooms >>> either >>> the Pentax 12-24 or one of the Sigma Zooms. The Samyang 10mm is really >>> very >>> tempting, but I'm not sure that I'd use it enough to justify it's rather >>> steep price, especially as it's quite bulky and I've been trying very >>> hard >>> to keep the lenses in my kit as small as possible. >>> >>> It hasn't helped that I've spent the last few years pretty broke. >>> >>> Well now B&H photo has the Samyang 14mm f2.8 in Bower livery for only >>> about >>> $260. Pretty much every review I've read about it says it's an awesome >>> lens >>> for the price, and at this price I almost have to get one. >>> >>> -- >>> I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve >>> immortality through not dying. >>> -- Woody Allen >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
