Boris Liberman wrote:
Jarek, this is wonderful test... Indeed Polish can be read with some thinking and practice having Russian as a base... Well, at least to some extent and bringing another Russian speaker (wife) along ;-).
:)
What are my options... I am leaning towards FAJ 18-35 lens since both my bodies (MZ-6 and *istD) have aperture control from the body... I decided not to buy any reduced image circle optics, so this lens seems the only choice if I am to go wider than 20 mm...
Don't go for FAJ 18-35. I've never had it, but a full-frame lens starting from 18mm, for just over 100 bucks simply cannot be good.
Dario Bonazza has a comparison here: http://www.dariobonazza.com/t04p10e.htm
What do you say? Or must I go to third parties - Tokina, Tamron? They have 17-35/2.8-4 group of zooms...
I have just purchased Tamron 17-35/2.8-4 (I don't like Sigmas), which has received very good reviews, and is hihgly rated by Minolta users (Minolta sells this lens under its own name). I still hadn't a chance to give it a serious test, because of a poor weekend weather, but as of first indoor shots, it looks promising. I am in almost the same situation as you (have two film bodies and DS) - and I love wide angle lenses. So I decided to buy this Tamron (also after my good experiences with another lens from SP XR Di series - 28-75/2.8) - I hope I won't regret this decision...
If you want any particular type of a photo made with this Tamron - let me know, I'll try my best.
Regards Jerry
