I see ... (a kind of)
So maybe I'll take the Zenitar because a fish-eye at this price is very nice make a good wide angle on a DS (not so fish-eye AFAIK). But I'll orget the other ones...
The thing is a good zoom like 16-45 goes immediately to 400 euros (ouch).
At that price, I prefer playing primes IMO.
That's my thought. What fun is it to save your nickels and blow a huge wad on a single 10-400mm zoom (kidding). If you're not talking big money about anything, collecting useful, decent old primes is kinda a hoot.
WRT the Zenitar... I just bought one on ebay. I was initially unimpressed with this alegedly "very sharp" lens. As I played with it a bit more, I realized it *was* pretty sharp, but it was also:
- Quite soft at less than f/4
- Very flare-prone which reduced contrast and high-contrast resolution
- Wider than I was used to... objects seems less sharp because they were smaller.
Also beware that there are a few versions of it. The screwmount is stop-down only, but there is a K-specific one with auto aperture. Not 'A' of course, but at least it stops down for you and doesn't need an adapter. I'm pretty happy with it, but will likely use it for the close-up fisheye effect and architectural photography... no landscape as I was initially thinking. For that I think I'd prefer to use Panotools and assemble higher-resolution landscape shots.
-Cory
************************************************************************* * Cory Papenfuss * * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * *************************************************************************
