As Dave says, I've got the Viv 3.8 19mm, and it's not bad at all. Barrel distortion at the edges (but for the price, waddya expect?). Not terrifically sharp, but accepable:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1161442&size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1157695&size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1087864&size=lg I'm still learning to use it, but it's pretty amazing to stand 3 feet from someone, and still get his or her whole body in the frame, and then some! I also have the 2.8 28mm, and it's sharper than the 19mm, and has little if any distortion: http://www.urbancaravan.com/images/international_grill.jpg http://www.urbancaravan.com/images/studio1.jpg http://www.urbancaravan.com/images/cn_sky.jpg It's a very useful lens, and once again, for what I paid for it, well worth the money. cheers, frank "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > I'm with Keith. > I've used the vivitar 19mm.. and it's now part of the "Frank Thierault 3rd > Party Pentax Lens Museum And Travelling Road Show". > > I can attest that this is one seriously fun lens to use. It's so cool. > Simply put; the wider you go, the more fun you'll have :) > > Cheers, > Dave > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
