> How about a manual focus Tokina 17/3.5? It's cheaper than the Tamron > and is quite affordable used.
Very good stopped down one or two stops, lens flare was a problem until I got the dedicated hood. Distotion was minimal for a 17mm optic, resolution and contrast vey good, well recommended if you can put up with focusing in the wrong direction! John John Whittingham Technician ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 22:30:46 -0700 Subject: RE: Suggest a (cheap) ultra-wide lens > How about a manual focus Tokina 17/3.5? It's cheaper than the Tamron > and is quite affordable used. It takes 67mm filters too (quite > common among Pentax lenses). > > Alan Chan > http://www.pbase.com/wlachan > > >I'm looking for some kind of budget wide lens. I see > >lots of offbrand ~19-35 zooms (vivitar, phoenix, etc) > >that seem reasonably priced on ebay and elsewhere, but > >out of this price range (100-150 USD), what's the > >best? A zoom would be nice... but a prime around 17-20 > >would be ok. > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the MSN Premium and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en- ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNI S_Taglines ------- End of Original Message -------
