Re: 3rd party 24mm (was Speaking of M series lenses)

[Peter Alling]

I don't have any specific recommendations. There are a number of 24mm or wider third party lenses with excellent
reputations. Tamron, Tokina, Vivitar, Kiron have very well thought of designs. You can read more about them here.

http://medfmt.8k.com/third/cult.html

there's also a list of lenses by manufacturer here:

http://medfmt.8k.com/third/table1.txt

and here's some tips on buying third party lenses:

http://medfmt.8k.com/third/buys.html.


At 03:10 PM 1/27/2003 -0500, you wrote:

You might want to forgo the Pentax Glass if you can't afford it right now. There are quite a few third party
lenses which would suffice if you're careful how you use them in flare producing situations. That is unless you have a deal you don't think will ever come around again, and this doesn't sound like one.

Peter, what are the 24mm lenses you would recommend to Evan? I am also interested to know about third party 24mm lenses: sharpness at full and smaller apertures, flare resistance... prices on eBay... I am sure Tamron is part of the game.

Andre
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