The friend of mine from the PAW list who first bought a Pentax DS
had the FA24/2. He sold it pretty fast because the CA wide open was
too much of a bother ... why carry such a heavy, big lens around if
you have have to shoot with it stopped down all the time?
I bought it for use on the
On Jan 27, 2007, at 2:36 AM, John Whittingham wrote:
I bought it for use on the MZ-3, I really liked the build and bright
viewfinder image it afforded. The Smegma does have the advantage of
diminutive size and light weight and I love the dedicated hood but
wish it
was reversible. Here's a
Nice shot ...
Thanks!
Hard to say much about any lens from a low-rez web photo, but it
looks like it does ok. I don't usually buy Sigma lenses because the
experiences I've had with Sigma equipment have not been positive.
They are known to have problems particularly in Canon mount.
I
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Jan 27, 2007, at 2:36 AM, John Whittingham wrote:
I bought it for use on the MZ-3, I really liked the build and bright
viewfinder image it afforded. The Smegma does have the advantage of
diminutive size and light weight and I love the dedicated hood but
wish it
Sigma's are decent enough as long as they don't have electronics. If
they do, then worry.
-Adam
I think it depends more on the fitting IMHO, I have the 105/2.8 EX, 70-
200/2.8 EX and the 300/4 APO Macro (two of the 300's) 1.4x 2x EX
converters, never had any trouble with any of them. At
I think it depends on the sample ;-). Sigma is known to have significant
sample variation :-).
Cheers.
Boris
John Whittingham wrote:
Sigma's are decent enough as long as they don't have electronics. If
they do, then worry.
-Adam
I think it depends more on the fitting IMHO, I have the
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Well now I'm sad that I don't have a dispensable stash of old Pentax glass:
Hard to find SMC Pentax-A 24mm f/2.8. Excellent
A alternaive is the 24. F2. I simply LOVE it. You'll never regeret getting
ove of these.
I believe it's the sharpest Petnax lens I have ever owned. It's incredibly
good.
Indeed, that's why I sold the A 24 f/2.8
John
On 27/01/07, John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A alternaive is the 24. F2. I simply LOVE it. You'll never regeret getting
ove of these.
I believe it's the sharpest Petnax lens I have ever owned. It's incredibly
good.
Indeed, that's why I sold the A 24 f/2.8
LOL, I sold my A
LOL, I sold my A 24f/2.8, bought on FA24/2 wasn't happy, bought
another, so then I had two, still wasn't happy, sold both FA24/2,
bought another A 24f/2.8, mostly happy now. I still don't understand
why the FA24/2 often gets such rave reviews.
I'm on my second FA 24/2, wasn't happy with the
On 27/01/07, John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At the risk of upsetting a lot of people the manual focus Smegma 24/2.8
Superwide II is the best bang for the buck, it's usuable wide open on the
*ist D, little vignetting on film SLR's until f/4, my A 24/2.8 could only
just match it by
Yes the Smegma is a good lens optically but I've seen the helicoid
grind to a halt in two of these units
Never came across that problem before on the manual focus ones.
and quite a few where the focus
scale was well out of alignment.
Assuming that the cheap lettering hadn't already worn
John Whittingham wrote:
LOL, I sold my A 24f/2.8, bought on FA24/2 wasn't happy, bought
another, so then I had two, still wasn't happy, sold both FA24/2,
bought another A 24f/2.8, mostly happy now. I still don't understand
why the FA24/2 often gets such rave reviews.
I'm on my second FA
On Jan 26, 2007, at 3:18 PM, John Whittingham wrote:
The FA24/2, awesome from f/5.6 - F/11
Ah yes, but it's a big lens for a f5.6 and the corners still show
pretty bad CA when used on DSLR bodies.
I've not had much opportunity to use it on the D yet, but that's
something to
look out
It is interesting to note each person's likes/dislikes. I sold both
my FA 24/2.0 and FA 135/2.8 because of poorer performance on my *IstD.
And then there are others who think those are great lenses. You have
to wonder if it is sample variance or just different expectations.
--
Bruce
Friday,
Well now I'm sad that I don't have a dispensable stash of old Pentax glass:
Hard to find SMC Pentax-A 24mm f/2.8. Excellent
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