Re: More 15/3.5 samples - seeking opinions

[Alan Chan]

None taken. In fact, I was wondering if Tamron or Sigma 14/2.8 was as bad. I 
starts to wonder if the lens had been poorly assembled before I bought it. 
The inner glass retaining rings were easy to remove and not glued at all 
(usually they were very tight and glued with threadlock). I know it is kind 
of difficult to judge the quality with scans, but that is what we could do 
over the internat. And I must say, I have scanned many of my own pictures, 
and my first impression with all these 15mm scans is that they look diffused 
and lack of details. However, I have no previous experience with such wide 
lens, I simply don't know if they were considered normal.

Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
Hmmm, that last post of mine comes across as rude. I didn't intend  that. 
But the internet pics look good to me. The only way I can tell  for sure if 
a lens is delivering is by making a high race 12 x18 print  or something 
close to that. from a scan of 72 meg or so at 24 bit.  As  an alternative, 
I can get a fair idea when blowing a scan of that  resolution to 100%. If 
there's moderate definition on a computer  monitor at that kind of 
enlargement then the lens is probably doing  quite well.
Paul

They all suck. How much do you want for the lens. I'll do  you a favor  
and take it off your hands.
Seriously, it's impossible to say for sure based on 72 dpi internet  
images, but they look quite sharp and contrasty. But as I said, I'll  be 
happy to take that turkey off  your hands. Perhaps you'll be  happier with 
the new 14mm lens from Pentax. Or maybe a Canon.

Paul
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