Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusing on*ist DS?)

2006-11-14 Thread John Whittingham
st Sent: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:22:32 +0100 Subject: Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusing on*ist DS?) > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > Hmmm ... just curious, why are you using a UV filter on this lens? Are you > > using a lens hood? If so, what hood are you

Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusing on*ist DS?)

2006-11-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
An 18mm lens field of view on the DSLR bodies is about the same as a 28mm lens for film SLRs. Buy a lens hood for a 28mm lens with the appropriate 58mm threads and you'll be fine. I see wide-angle lens hoods like this for prices from $9.50 to $60 at B&H Photo. Godfrey On Nov 14, 2006, at 3:

Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusing on*ist DS?)

2006-11-14 Thread Pawel Bartuzi
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hmmm ... just curious, why are you using a UV filter on this lens? Are you > using a lens hood? If so, what hood are you using? > I use the filter just for front element protection, as I do on many of my other lenses. Call me paranoid. :-) On most of other lenses using

Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusing on*ist DS?)

2006-11-14 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hmmm ... just curious, why are you using a UV filter on this lens? Are you using a lens hood? If so, what hood are you using? Shel > [Original Message] > From: Pawel Bartuzi > I responded to CA questions in my other messages. As to the flare, this > is an extreme example. Usually it doesn'

Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?)

2006-11-14 Thread Pawel Bartuzi
John Whittingham wrote: >> I also use the K18/3.5 on the istDS, but I've never noticed an CA. >> Maybe I don't know what it is. Can you point it out on the photos >> that show it?. Thanks! >> > > I can't see any CA either, even when zoomed to 400% in PS. Lens flare is > there in one shot b

Re: K 18 f/3.5 on Digital (was Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?)

2006-11-14 Thread John Whittingham
> I also use the K18/3.5 on the istDS, but I've never noticed an CA. > Maybe I don't know what it is. Can you point it out on the photos > that show it?. Thanks! I can't see any CA either, even when zoomed to 400% in PS. Lens flare is there in one shot but that's directly into the sun and what