Best lens value for the *ist-D

2003-02-27 Thread Peter Spiro
I have a Phoenix 19-35mm zoom, which has nice centre sharpness and excellent contrast and flare resistance. However, at 19mm, the corners aren't really good until it's stopped down to f/11. With the *ist D this will be equivalent to a 28 to 50 mm lens, and since the smaller CCD won't use the c

Re: Best lens value for the *ist-D

2003-02-28 Thread Andre Langevin
I was wondering about this. What lenses that had bad corner performance are now viable options? Steven Desjardins The 28-70/4 at 28mm had a covering circle too small for 24x36. The blackening of the corners was due to that and not to light fall-off according to Popular photography. This will b

Re: Best lens value for the *ist-D

2003-02-28 Thread Herb Chong
the Sigma 15-30 that i use is so-so in the corners and will be fine with an APS sized sensor. Herb - Original Message - From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:00 Subject: Re: Best lens value fo

Re: Best lens value for the *ist-D

2003-02-28 Thread Steve Pearson
Sigma 15-30 that i use is so-so in the corners > and will be fine with an APS sized sensor. > > Herb > - Original Message - > From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:00 >

Re: Best lens value for the *ist-D

2003-02-28 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Steve Pearson" Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:24 PM Subject: Re: Best lens value for the *ist-D > Well, sometimes the best made plans... > > I was in my local pentax store today and the Pentax > representative told them tha

Re: Best lens value for the *ist-D

2003-03-01 Thread Fred
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/01/03 09:07AM >>> >>> I was in my local pentax store today and the Pentax >>> representative told them that the sensor size will probably >>> change to a larger size before the *ist is released. So, >>> something more to discuss... [Well, this actually should not be attr