--- Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any info about this one? I couldn't find much about > it. > > Thibouille >
I believe there are at least two versions of it. There's one with a smaller diameter filter ring (62mm), and there's one with a much larger filter ring (don't know the size). At least one person on this list (Paul Stenquist, who I haven't heard from in a couple of weeks - vacation?) has the larger one, and he's quite happy with it. And, Paul is one of those who I consider knows his stuff. The smaller one, which I have, is quite the cheap and nasty lens. Despite that, I love it. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2449984 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1956319 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2495248 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1161430 There's lots of barrel distortion at the edges, and opened up, the edges are not at all sharp. As you may know, I'm not a fanatic for sharpness, most of the time (understatement of the year), so as long as you're prepared for those fuzzy edges, you may be okay with it. OTOH, it's usually pretty cheap - I wouldn't pay more than $100US for it, and it may be worth less, I don't know. If it's the larger one, I'd take it on Paul's say-so that it's a good lens. They're more expensive, but I don't know how much more. cheers, frank ===== "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
