On Aug 17, 2006, at 5:56 PM, Bill Lawlor wrote: > I'll be coming over to digital when the K10D hits the market. Does > anyone on > the list have an opinion about the Russian Zenitar 16mm/2.8 lens for > digital, or 35mm, format?
I have the Zenitar-K 16mm f/2.8 Fish-Eye. It's quite a good lens for the money: robustly built and very sharp. It is, however, a) a fish eye lens with severe curvilinear distortion ... This is a greater or lesser issue depending upon what you want to do with it. I consider the Zeni more of a good novelty lens because of it ... I don't want to depend upon post-processing to obtain proper rectilinear correction for every frame. ... and b) a K-mount lens ... Which means that the Pentax DSLR bodies are capable of using it but only in a somewhat restricted manner (Manual exposure mode, semi- automatic aperture-priority manual metering only). With that as caveat, the lens is really quite good for the ridiculously low price (around $140 is the most I've seen it go for). An example: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/25p.htm Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
