Nicholas Wright schrieb:
> I am very interested in having a perspective control lens in my system. I
> know, I know, I should get a large format. Well, that's just not going to
> happen anytime soon. :] Anyway I was wondering, does anyone on the list have
> any experience with this lens? Image quality? Ease of use? Thanks for all
> input. :)
I guess you have seen the specifications and images of the lens at
http://www.BDimitrov.de/kmp/ ("Lenses", "Prime Lenses", "28 mm f/3.5 Shift")
The 28/f3.5 Shift lens is of course ideal for pictures of buildings, towers,
etc., even though I sometimes prefer to go farther away and take the picture
with a normal lens or even with a tele lens, if that is possible. The shift lens
is not really very sharp until f11, but in most cases it is no problem to stop
down to that value. Distortion is low, and flare is not much of a problem due to
the SMC coating (but of course some flare exists when shooting directly at the
sun). The lens is a mechanical dream like most orginal K lenses. The lens has so
many rings [1.) Filter selection ring, 2.) ring for selection of the aperture,
3.) ring for stopping down to the selected aperture, 4.) focusing ring, 5.)
shifting ring and 6.) lens rotation ring] that the handling requires some
practice, but as soon as you are used to them, you will enjoy turning all those
rings. However, the lens is rather large and heavy when compared to
constructions of other manufacturers. It is recommended to use the lens together
with a tripod and a grid screen, but I successfully use the lens without either
most of the time when traveling... Prices for used samples are around US$ 700.
Arnold
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