Re: Circular fish-eye lens for pentax-k -- Peleng or Sigma EX?
Hi, Thanks for your insight. May be, the reflections originate from the inner part of the lens housing ? (if the painture of inner side is not all matte). I agree, that these lenses are difficult to use; therefore,I decided in favour of the SMC-F fish-eye zoom (zooming may allow adjustments of the degree of line distorsion - this probably make the usage of the lens less difficult). However, I am still intrigued by the idea of a circular image with an angle of 180 degree view in all directions. Alexander René van Ginkel wrote: I have a Peleng, the lens is sharp but suffers a lot from internal reflections which are giving light rings on the outside of the picture circle. Its not flare but something different. The picture circle is a bit larger then the short side of a negative or slide (about 25 mm). The lens is cheap in it's kind, well build, painted instead of anodized and mine came with a Nikon adapter. When using it with a Nikon adapter you can't use it on a F-camera like the F, F2, F3 etc because there to little space for the cameramirror behind the lens (reason: backmounted filters which you have to use and are included) a Nikon FE didn't have the problem. I didnt't have problems using it on a MZ5n or a KX/MX but maybe the LX will be problematic. These kind of lenses are extremely difficult to use and a IMO a bit of a gimmick Don't know about the Sigma, its a lot more expensive. Regards, René van Ginkel - Original Message - From: "Alexander Krohe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:20 PM Subject: Circular fish-eye lens for pentax-k -- Peleng or Sigma EX? > Hi, > In my knowledge there are two circular fish-eye lenses > for Pentax-k available: the Sigma 8mm EX and the > Peleng 8mm lens from an Ukrainian company. > Does anyone have experiences with one of these lenses? > How do they perform optically? Are they any good? > Any comments are highly appreciated, > Alexander > > > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ - 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 .
Re: Circular fish-eye lens for pentax-k -- Peleng or Sigma EX?
I have a Peleng, the lens is sharp but suffers a lot from internal reflections which are giving light rings on the outside of the picture circle. Its not flare but something different. The picture circle is a bit larger then the short side of a negative or slide (about 25 mm). The lens is cheap in it's kind, well build, painted instead of anodized and mine came with a Nikon adapter. When using it with a Nikon adapter you can't use it on a F-camera like the F, F2, F3 etc because there to little space for the cameramirror behind the lens (reason: backmounted filters which you have to use and are included) a Nikon FE didn't have the problem. I didnt't have problems using it on a MZ5n or a KX/MX but maybe the LX will be problematic. These kind of lenses are extremely difficult to use and a IMO a bit of a gimmick Don't know about the Sigma, its a lot more expensive. Regards, René van Ginkel - Original Message - From: "Alexander Krohe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:20 PM Subject: Circular fish-eye lens for pentax-k -- Peleng or Sigma EX? > Hi, > In my knowledge there are two circular fish-eye lenses > for Pentax-k available: the Sigma 8mm EX and the > Peleng 8mm lens from an Ukrainian company. > Does anyone have experiences with one of these lenses? > How do they perform optically? Are they any good? > Any comments are highly appreciated, > Alexander > > > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > - > 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 .
Circular fish-eye lens for pentax-k -- Peleng or Sigma EX?
Hi, In my knowledge there are two circular fish-eye lenses for Pentax-k available: the Sigma 8mm EX and the Peleng 8mm lens from an Ukrainian company. Does anyone have experiences with one of these lenses? How do they perform optically? Are they any good? Any comments are highly appreciated, Alexander __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ - 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 .
